Tag Archives: identity theft

For years, a 52-year-old Wichita man had a fairly stable, simple life, working for the same employer, living in the same house. But in 2008, things got complicated. He discovered someone had stolen his identity and racked up almost $1 million … Continue reading →

A Montgomery woman has pleaded guilty to tax fraud and identity theft, the U.S. attorney’s office announced. Chiquita Smith, 22, of Pocahontas Road pleaded guilty to a charge of conspiracy in a scheme with two other to obtain refunds with … Continue reading →

Until Monday night, when he sat next to him at Biddy McGraw’s Irish Pub in Northeast Portland, Deputy U.S. Marshal William Boldin had never personally glimpsed the man who had called himself Bobby Charles Thompson. Boldin had seen Thompson’s photograph … Continue reading →

MILFORD — A New Haven woman was arrested on a warrant Tuesday afternoon in connection with a scheme to use an elderly victim’s identity to pay her bills, police said. Jacqueline Edgehill, 36, of 103 Winchester Ave., was charged with … Continue reading →

A woman was jailed at the Regional Detention Facility in Lynwood after being charged, along with another man, with stealing more than $16,000 from 20 Santa Clarita Valley businesses and individuals in an identity theft and check counterfeiting operation, a … Continue reading →

A Salem woman was sentenced Tuesday to more than three years in prison for committing identity theft to obtain nearly $40,000 worth of prescription drugs. Sarah Flom, 25, pleaded guilty in September 2011 to two counts of aggravated identity theft … Continue reading →

PORTLAND, Ore. – A man who was part of a notorious identity theft ring that was based in Portland but operated in a dozen states around the country will plead guilty in federal court Tuesday to bank fraud charges. Gregory … Continue reading →

A Beverly Hills, Calif., woman faces identity theft charges after she obtained and used several fraudulent credit cards, including one belonging to a Lincolnshire victim, police said Monday. Portia L. Parker, 40, of the 200 block of South Beverly Drive … Continue reading →

While most Mainers are aware of the dangers of personal identity theft, many business owners remain in the dark about the growing threat of corporate identity theft. The term “business identity theft” describes various fraudulent or unauthorized uses of a … Continue reading →

Two years ago, Tracie Ponds walked to her car in the parking lot of the Fort Worth nursing home where she works as a nurse aide and discovered that someone had stolen her purse. That simple crime led to one … Continue reading →