Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Can you help police identify the people captured in this surveillance video? Olathe police say they are accused of using a stolen credit card number to make several purchases in Johnson County totaling about $1,000. They might be traveling in a…
FBI searches for men allegedly involved in identity theft, cocaine distribution
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The FBI served a search warrant Wednesday morning in northwest Miami-Dade County while searching for four men accused of distributing cocaine, among other crimes. The warrant was served at the home of Odenia Samson, 33, near Northwest 135th Street and Northwest…
Teens taught to avoid identity theft by filtering social media
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Identity theft is nothing new but a push to protect kids and teens is new and now underway in Utah schools. Wednesday is “get smart about credit day” and Zion’s Bank used the opportunity to talk to teens about what they…
Four arrested in identity theft case
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Four people were arrested after the discovery of stolen property for use in identity theft on Friday. According to the Lemoore Police Department, an officer was sent to the Faun Terrace Apartments around 11:02 a.m. after getting a report of loud…
Ex-Dona Ana County worker pleads guilty in identity theft case
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans An ex-document technician at a southern New Mexico county clerk’s office has pleaded guilty in a check-cashing scheme. Prosecutors in Las Cruces say 43-year-old Maria Ceniceros pleaded guilty Tuesday to theft of government property and aggravated identity theft charges along with…
Identity theft on the rise – take greater care
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans OUR love of online shopping and social media is making Australians unwitting pawns in the global fraud marketplace. That’s just one of the findings of recent research by credit analysts Veda in time for National Identity Fraud Awareness Week, which runs…
Retirees Prime Targets for Identity Theft
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Well, one thing’s for sure: A disproportionate percentage of identity theft complaints come from people 50-plus (though I’m sure some readers would hardly consider 50-somethings to be seniors—but you get the point). Some scammers go after seniors because they know that…
EMV technology combats identity theft
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The times they are a-changin.’ Although Bob Dylan’s famous folk song wasn’t about the way we’ll be using our credit cards in 2015, it certainly could have been. Because, as of Oct. 1, what happens when we slide our credit cards into…
How Medicare puts you at risk for identity theft
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans I’m a few years out from being eligible for Medicare — I turned 61 in August. Because I’ve done a lot of reporting about health care and health policy, I know a little more than some people about the program, which…
Woman found hiding in porta-potty arrested for identity theft
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans A woman wanted on identity theft charges has been arrested in Oregon after a construction worker lifted the lid of a portable toilet to find her hiding inside. The Register-Guard reports that 27-year-old Treasure Dawn Shockey, who had two warrants for her…