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KS: JoCo deputies shut down alleged identity theft ring

Posted on January 9, 2009 by Dissent

George Diepenbrock reports: Johnson County Sheriff’s officers arrested eight people Friday morning at a De Soto business and another person in Olathe as part of an alleged identity theft ring. Master Deputy Tom Erickson, a sheriff’s spokesman, said seven people were arrested on identity theft charges and two other men were arrested on charges of…

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GA: Tax prep mistake puts woman’s identity at risk

Posted on January 9, 2009 by Dissent

A woman in Savannah who went to a Jackson Hewitt for help preparing her taxes got a phone call the next day from a stranger, telling her that all her documents — including her personal information, copies of her license, social security number and her children’s social security numbers — had been sent to a…

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Hospital Addresses Online Privacy Mistake

Posted on January 9, 2009 by Dissent

When a former patient at West Penn hospital went online to pay her bill, she discovered that she could access 85 other patients’ information, including their names, addresses, medical procedures and costs. When the hospital did not reply to two emails she sent alerting them to the problem, she went to a news station, and…

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3 arrests at ‘forgery lab’ in Reno hotel-casino

Posted on January 9, 2009 by Dissent

The Associated Press reports: Federal agents and local officers investigating a string of thefts from mail boxes in northern Nevada have arrested three suspects accused of operating a “forgery lab” out of a room at a hotel-casino in downtown Reno. U.S. postal inspectors and the Secret Service were among those tracking the case since victims…

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OH: Postmaster Charged With Identity Theft

Posted on January 9, 2009 by Dissent

The United States Post Office is entrusted with getting mail to the intended recipient safely. Now the former post master of Bethel is accused of stealing a former employee’s identity. Jennifer Justice, of New Richmond, was indicted on October 22, 2008 for allegedly using someone else’s information to obtain credit cards and magazine subscriptions. Read…

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GU: Pair Arrested On Federal Identity Theft Charge

Posted on January 8, 2009 by Dissent

Kevin Kerrigan reports: Federal officials say two arrests have been made in an identity theft case. U-S Attorney Lenny Rapadis has announced that Benedict L. Cruz and Melissa J. Quitugua have been arrested and arraigned on Federal charges of fraudulently obtaining more than 73-thousand dollars through the unauthorized use of credit cards and committing identity…

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