Posts Tagged ‘identity theft attorney’

Identity thieves were convicted of stealing more than $10 million. A California court entered convictions for four men charged with identity theft.  Federal prosecutors alleged the men were part of an organized crime identity theft ring.  The U.S. Attorney’s Office prosecuted the case.  The identity theft ring targeted residents of Arizona, California, Nevada and Texas.  [...]

Hospital Employee Suspended After Being Charged With ID Theft A Greenville, SC woman was charged with identity theft and suspended from her job at a Greenville Hospital.  The thirty-two year old woman, Danell Adams, has been charged with two counts of financial identity fraud.  Law enforcement says Ms. Adams had access to patients’ personal identifying [...]

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 [...]

MILITARY PERSONNEL & FAMILIES FIGHTING BACK AGAINST IDENTITY THEFT Active Duty Alerts: If you are deployed away from your usual duty station and do not expect to seek new credit while you are deployed, consider placing an “active duty alert” on your credit report. An active duty alert requires creditors to take steps to verify [...]

The Federal Trade Commission ranked Alabama No. 15 IN 2010 last year.  In 2009, Alabama ranked 17.  The FTC maintains a database called the Consumer Sentinel Network and lists identity theft and fraud complaints. The FTC received 3,339 identity theft complaints from residents of Alabama last year. What state scored number 1 in the complaints [...]

Idaho’s Brett DeLange, chief of the Idaho Attorney General’s Consumer Protection Division, falls victim to identity thief.  Not long ago, DeLange was contacted by a store to confirm his purchase of multiple video cameras.  An identity thief somehow obtained DeLange’s credit card number and 3 digit security code and ordered the video cameras. After DeLange was [...]

In addition to the negative publicity associated with being included on the federal tally of major health information breaches, some organizations are experiencing yet another impact of breaches: class action lawsuits. The latest organization to be sued for a major breach is Sutter Health, which faces two class action lawsuits in the wake of a [...]

Linkedin to identity theftToronto Sun Toronto hi-tech thieves are sifting through business networking websites like Linkedin to find rich CEOs and businessmen to prey on by stealing their personal data and creating false identities to rack up cash and credit, police say. … Identity Theft Costs Clarendon Hills Woman $5800 Patch.com By Joe O’Donnell Identity [...]

The US Military’s healthcare program, TriCare, has confirmed that Science Applications International Corporation will cover the costs associated with notifying almost 5 million beneficiaries whose personal identifying information was stolen in September 2001.  The service member’s information was stolen from backup computer tapes, including Social Security numbers, addresses, and phone numbers.  The massive data theft [...]