Over 10 million consumers a year become victims of identity theft. Fraud victims are denied credit, employment and housing due to credit report errors. . If fraud victims are approved for credit, then they have to pay higher interest rates! Identity theft victims also get turned down for jobs because of arrests, convictions or other [...]
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ID THEFT STORIES IN THE NEWS
Posted: February 23, 2013 by administrator in FCRATags: backgroudn report dispute, CONSUMER LAW, credit denial, CREDIT REPORT ERROR, Data breach notification, dispute credit report, fair credit reporting act, fcra lawyer alabama, fcra lawyer dallas, fcra lawyer houston, fcra lawyer orlando, fcra lawyer tennessee, fraud alert, ID Theft Law, Tax fraud
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NORTEL DATA BREACH – CEO CHARGED WITH FRAUD
Posted: February 21, 2012 by administrator in CONSUMER FRAUD, DATA BREACHES & DATA LOSS, FCRA, IDENTITY THEFTTags: Data breach notification, Data Breach Notification Laws, Data loss notice, Nortel data breach, Nortel fraud
Former Nortel CEO Frank Dunn, now being tried for fraud, was among several senior company managers who were aware of a long-standing data breach into Nortel’s computers systems, but chose to do nothing. According to reports in the Wall Street Journal, former Nortel employee Brian Shields led an investigation and discovered the breach, but was [...]