Tag Archives: identity theft

MONTELIER – Secretary of State Jim Condos announces a new online resource at www.BusinessIDTheft.org designed to serve as a critical resource to help business owners understand and protect themselves from business identity theft. The Identity Theft Protection Association (ITPA) created … Continue reading →

A traffic stop on Interstate 75 on Wednesday turned up more than 100 potentially stolen IDs and fraudulent tax returns and resulted in the arrest of a Miami-Dade County woman. Debbie Jean Cooper, 53, Miami Gardens, was arrested and charged … Continue reading →

More and more, it seems, no good deed goes unpunished. Take the revelation this week by Identity Finder that nearly a fifth of nonprofits between 2001 and 2006 published the social security numbers of donors, scholarship recipients, tax preparers, directors, … Continue reading →

ANNAPOLIS, Md. — As more and more children are having their credit ratings damaged by identity theft before they think of borrowing a dime, Maryland lawmakers have approved a first-of-its-kind measure to enable parents to take steps to protect their … Continue reading →

CENTERVILLE — A woman who is wanted by multiple jurisdictions along the Wasatch Front is now behind bars. Julia Herzog, 41, also known as Julia Amelia Higbee, was arrested by Unified Police on Saturday and booked in Salt Lake County … Continue reading →

About six years ago, Anne Peters, MD, an internist practicing in southern California, started receiving calls from doctors in her area. They told her their patients were reporting that she was billing Medicare for procedures she had done for them … Continue reading →

ALBANY — Melody B. Milton, an Albany nurse, is accused of helping in a scheme in which the identities of area people were stolen and used to acquire more than $1.1 million through the filing of false tax returns, according … Continue reading →

Sheriff’s deputies uncovered a large identity theft operation while investigating a report of drug dealing at a Rancho Cucamonga hotel room Sunday. The manager of the Four Points By Sheraton hotel at 11960 Foothill Blvd. called the San Bernardino County … Continue reading →

More criminals are stealing Mississippians’ good names. Identity theft is on the rise, as the state jumped to 17th in the nation last year in the number of identity theft complaints per 100,000 population, according to figures released this year … Continue reading →

NAPLES — For all their criminal characteristics, identity thieves have at least one admirable quality: They file income tax returns early. Unfortunately, they’re not filing for themselves, but for people whose Social Security numbers have been stolen, hoping to get … Continue reading →