Posts Tagged ‘CREDIT CARD DISPUTE’

CREDIT CARD BILLING ERRORS? Have you discovered credit report billing errors?  Has your credit card company charged you twice for the same purchase?  Did you credit card company charge you for a purchase that you did not make?  The Fair Credit Billing Act (FCBA) provides consumers the right to dispute billing errors on “open end” [...]

Three convicted of identity theft lost their appeals in front of the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals.  Annette Sandoval, April Hicks and Sean Vanderhack were convicted for selling stolen goods as a part of a low tech identity theft scheme.  According to court papers, the three targeted customers of high end stores, such as Neiman [...]

A San Diego has been accused of “skimming” personal identifying information (PII) from bank customers’ ATM cards.  According to authorities, a skimmer was placed on a bank door and allowed an identity thief to take thousands of ATM users’ personal identifying numbers (PINs).  The alleged identity thief, Daniel Axinte, was charged with over 40 counts [...]

What is a skimmer?  Skimming devices are used by identity thieves to steal credit or debit card personal identifying information (PII).  Identity theft from skimmers is becoming a major problem for consumers.  Skimmers can be installed easily and quickly on ATM machines.  Handheld skimmers can also be used to record restaurant patrons’ credit or debit [...]

According to Stacy Graning at the Troy Messenger, Ramona Watson, the former executive director of the Child Advocacy Center was arrested this past week on two felony counts of identity theft.  Watson was being held in the Pike County Jail on $5,000 bond.  Watson resigned from the Advocacy Center on May 13. Court documents demonstrate [...]