A Phelps County woman has been indicted on federal identity and mail theft charges, according to the U.S. Attorney for Eastern Missouri’s office. Indictments handed down Thursday in St. Louis allege that Deanna Wisdom used the name and account number

U.S. marshals capture man who fled court earlier this month - Philiy.com
A Philadelphia man who fled from a federal courtroom on March 5 just as he was about to be sentenced for identity theft and credit-card fraud was captured yesterday by U.S. marshals in an abandoned house in West Philadelphia. Marshals got a tip that

Illinois 12th in rate of identity theft - Southern Illinoisan
According to the most recent statistics available from the Illinois Attorney General’s office, Illinois is 12th in the country in incidents of identity theft. The statistics, gathered in 2006, show Illinois with 78.6 instances of identity theft for

Citizens to host privacy seminar Thursday - Daily Ardmoreite
A day devoted to shredding privacy papers and learning how to prevent identity theft has been scheduled at Citizens Bank and Trust Co., from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday at the North Commerce and 12th Avenue location. File Thirteen will shred up to

Identity Theft 911: Tax Time is Data Harvest Time for Identity Thieves - Earthtimes
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - (Business Wire) With 155 million tax returns filed last year, it s alarming that the government agency which collects such an extensive amount of private information suffers systemic data security lapses, leaving the door open

N.L. man arrested in identity theft case - Iowa City Press-Citizen
A North Liberty man was arrested after allegedly using another man’s name, Social Security number and birth date to apply for credit and spend more than $10,000. Chad Ralph Bollweg, formerly Chad Ralph Pliester, 36, of 40 Village Drive No. 5, faces

Consumer Affairs column: Top consumer complaints in 2008 - NWI.com
The Federal Trade Commission released a report in February regarding the top consumer complaints for 2008. The report, “Consumer Sentinel Network Data Book for January-December 2008,” shows identity theft as the number one consumer complaint

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