My office alone investigates approximately 200 to 300 new identity-theft cases each month.
Uncovering an organized identity-theft ring was the last thing Grace Varnell thought she would do when she returned to college to obtain a nursing degree.
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Last year, my office was able to file an indictment against an identity-theft ring for submitting phony tax returns in the names of more than 300 victims.
"The unfortunate reality is that everyone loses things, and our devices can get stolen, " Robert Siciliano, an identity-theft specialist at McAfee, wrote in a blog post about the findings.
The theft of the Bernanke check book never publicly revealed until now soon became part of a wide-ranging (and previously underway) identity-theft investigation by the Secret Service and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service.
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Despite several setbacks, the PlayStation Network was relaunched in early June and the company has tried to win back customers with a free games package and an identity-theft protection program.
From there, it was onto a presentation by Daniel Brody, a Manhattan assistant district attorney, about identity-theft crimes among them crooks who steal your credit card information, often "dirty" restaurant employees using hand-held "skimming" devices.
If federal law granted us direct access to the necessary documents, we could be doing much more to help identity-theft tax victims, bringing many more cases in state court and stopping many more identity thieves from ripping off taxpayers.
The IRS employed nearly 3, 000 staffers dedicated to prevent and investigate identity theft-related crimes, more than twice than the previous year.
But oftentimes, identity theft stems from mundane real-world theft.
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But now that IRS is able to process returns, the even greater and growing challenge of confronting refund-related identity theft fraud takes center stage.
Victims of tax-related identity theft say the problem can be disastrous.
Olson has made combating tax-related identity theft her top priority, as the number of stolen identity cases her office identified rose 644% in the past three years.
This was followed by a delayed refund of over one year without explanation, a second rejected e-file attempt when filing his 2011 return in October 2012, and finally notification from IRS in November 2012 that he was a victim of refund-fraud identity theft.
Ms. Olson explains that, not only is the Internal Revenue Code more complicated than ever, but the IRS must serve an increasingly diverse taxpayer base, respond to the explosion of tax-related identity theft, and administer spending programs that require the IRS to distinguish between valid and fraudulent refund claims.
For example, the reforms triggered the discovery of more than 100, 000 stolen Social Security numbers - the key to identity theft.
In October the Secret Service busted a site with 4, 000 members called Shadowcrew, calling it "a one-stop marketplace for identity theft, " a federal indictment says.
At a time when cybercrime and identity theft are the fastest-growing crimes in the country, why make state and local law enforcement jump through hoops to collect important evidence that is readily available to federal prosecutors?
Maria has reported the identity theft to the Spanish Police - but they say it's a UK matter.
"It's not going to stop any breaches, but it reduces your risk, " says Raul Vargas, fraud operations manager for Identity Theft 911, an identity-management solutions firm.
James Bond's Skyfall is up against the horror-thriller Berberian Sound Studio and identity theft documentary The Imposter in the film category.
If Congress expanded E-Verify nationally, it could widen identity theft and create new paperwork for small businesses, some businesses said.
The Solo 21 with the Q77 chipset option supports the latest AMT 8.0 and is equipped with Intel Identity Protection Technology, as well as Intel Anti-Theft Technology.
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At the same time, Kaminsky says, companies need to provide more information about their security issues--if not to potential victims of identity theft, than to the security industry itself.
Phishing is generally designed to trick people into giving up personal information (passwords, social security numbers, credit card details, addresses, etc.) -- most commonly for the purpose of identity theft.
Identity theft is one of the fastest growing white-collar crimes in the world.
No doubt there will be some benefits: fraud, in particular the persistent and increasingly annoying problem of identity theft, might be substantially reduced if biometric-identification systems, introduced in the form of passports, visas and identity cards, become widespread.
Once you send them your passport, driver's license and photo -- you've given them the tools for identity theft.
Earlier today, the IRS issued Special Edition Tax Tip 2013-05, which advises taxpayers about the dangers of identity theft.
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