The Oklahoma Employment Security Commission says the Social Security numbers of more than 5,500 people is on a flashdrive that was lost by an employee. Commission spokesman John Carpenter says the employee put the information on a flashdrive after his …
Insurance agents can play a big role in helping states to fight insurance fraud. And with insurance fraud costing California alone $15 billion each year, or $500 per resident, the cost of which is eventually passed onto consumers, they should …
A Birmingham, Alabama woman was placed in the county lockup after she was charged with multiple crimes that included identity theft, fraudulent use of a credit or debit card and trafficking in stolen identities. Attorney General Troy King said in …
Does a bad economy increase crime? Analysts have debated that question for years, according to Mike McKee, senior special agent for the National Insurance Crime Bureau. While it’s too soon for statistics to confirm whether recent events like the mortgage …
New Mexico Attorney General Gary King is warning that “Swindlers and scam artists see hard economic times as an opportunity to step up their activities.” King kicked off a campaign on the “Nuts and Bolts: Tools for Today’s Economy” on …
Identity theft jumped 14 percent in Tulsa, Okla., in 2008, according to a new report. The rise echoes a nationwide spike in the crime as more Americans do business online. In less than a decade, complaints of identity theft surged …
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott has charged an Edinburg fitness center with failing to adequately store and safeguard documents that contained customers’ sensitive personal information. Under the Identity Theft Enforcement and Protection Act, businesses are legally required to implement procedures …
A man who operated a sophisticated identity theft and counterfeit check ring out of homes in Boston and Georgia has been sentenced to more than five years in prison. Jabril Shaheed was sentenced in federal court in Massachusetts on Tuesday …
The number of Americans ensnared by identity theft is on the rise, but victims are striking back more quickly and limiting how much is stolen. In 2008, the number of identity theft cases jumped 22 percent to 9.9 million, according …
Local and federal authorities are investigating the theft of personal information of 17,000 people who stayed at San Antonio,Texas, hotels. Credit card receipts were stolen from at least three hotels, then used in an identity theft scam to make fraudulent …