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  • September 2008

    • Passport Frauds Used Identities of Deceased

      San Francisco Chronicle  |  Sep 17, 08 3:32 PM CDT

      Passport Frauds Used Identities of Deceased

      (Newser) - More than 100 people stole the identities of dead people to cover up their immigration status, military desertion or drunken-driving convictions, federal authorities say after an investigation called “Operation Deathmatch.” Some of the accused even hid their true selves from spouses and children, and had been using the identities for decades, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. More »

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      California  • FBI  • fraud  • illegal immigrant  • identity theft

    • Hacker Cops to Role in $400M ID-Theft Ring

      Boston Globe  |  Sep 12, 08 11:28 AM CDT

      Hacker Cops to Role in $400M ID-Theft Ring

      (Newser) - A 23-year-old man with an eighth-grade education pleaded guilty yesterday to a role in stealing more than $400 million via identity theft, the Boston Globe reports. Damon Patrick Tooey was part of an 11-man ring, with members from China to the Ukraine, which brought laptops into retail stores like Barnes & Noble to steal credit-card data from their poorly secured networks. More »

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      hackers  • identity theft  • guilty plea  • BJ's Wholesale Club  • Barnes & Noble

  • August 2008

    • Consumer Data Breaches Hit Record

      Washington Post  |  Aug 26, 08 9:10 AM CDT

      Consumer Data Breaches Hit Record

      (Newser) - Theft or loss of confidential consumer information from computer databases is at a record high, with more breaches already this year than all of 2007, the Washington Post reports. Records reveal that 449 US businesses, government agencies and universities have reported data breaches this year, compared with 446 breaches involving 127 million consumer records last year. The loss of some 90 million consumer records last year have been linked to a single giant retailer, TJX, which operates TJ Maxx stores. More »

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      identity theft  • data theft  • BJ's Wholesale Club  • Barnes & Noble  • TJX  • OfficeMax  • Boston Market

    • Man Steals Identity to Fund Heart Surgery

      Chicago Tribune  |  Aug 22, 08 11:30 AM CDT

      Man Steals Identity to Fund Heart Surgery

      (Newser) - A Chicago man allegedly nicked the identity of a mentally disabled friend to fund a $350,000 heart bypass operation, say police. John Parsons, 57, was sure he would die without the surgery, said a relative; the alleged scam was uncovered after a caregiver began receiving copies of expenses billed to the man's Medicaid account. Mental-health advocates condemned the incident, while some remain confused by the case. More »

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      Chicago  • identity theft  • health care costs  • Medicaid  • heart surgery

    • Patch for Major Security Flaw Is Ineffective

      New York Times  |  Aug 9, 08 11:57 AM CDT

      Patch for Major Security Flaw Is Ineffective

      (Newser) - A fatal flaw in Internet security has a patch, but it’s a leaky one, the New York Times reports. Yesterday, a Russian scientist demonstrated an attack that secretly redirected web traffic. It took him just hours using standard equipment; before the patch, it would have taken seconds. Thieves could use the method to hijack a user’s bank or credit card information. More »

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      Internet  • software  • identity theft  • domain names  • data theft  • online crime  • Dan Kaminsky

    • 'Rockefeller' Prints Linked to Calif. Murder Case

      Boston Globe  |  Aug 5, 08 1:35 PM CDT

      'Rockefeller' Prints Linked to Calif. Murder Case

      (Newser) - Fingerprints taken from kidnapper dad Clark Rockefeller reveal a connection to a decade-old California murder case, the Boston Globe reports. Prints taken after his arrest Saturday in Baltimore match those on a driver’s license application under another alias—which in turn is on a list of those wanted in connection with the California homicide. More »

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      California  • crime  • kidnapping  • identity theft  • Clark Rockefeller  • Reigh Boss  • imposter  • con man

  • July 2008

    • DMX Charged in Med-Bill Dodge

      Associated Press  |  Jul 20, 08 2:06 PM CDT

      DMX Charged in Med-Bill Dodge

      (Newser) - Scofflaw rapper DMX was arrested at a Phoenix mall yesterday and charged with giving a false name and Social Security number so he could skirt medical bills, the AP reports—only the third time this summer the rapper has faced charges. The sheriff claims DMX—real name Earl Simmons—visited Scottsdale’s Mayo Clinic in April and gave his name as “Troy Jones” and skipped out on a $7,500 bill. More »

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      celebrity  • arrest  • identity theft  • rapper  • Phoenix  • DMX

    • 'Bonnie' Joins 'Clyde' in ID Theft Guilty Plea

      Philadelphia Inquirer  |  Jul 14, 08 2:28 PM CDT

      'Bonnie' Joins 'Clyde' in ID Theft Guilty Plea

      (Newser) - Jocelyn Kirsch, half of the Philadelphia couple once dubbed the “Bonnie and Clyde of Identity Theft,” followed her ex-boyfriend’s lead and pleaded guilty today, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. The 22-year-old ex-Drexel student faces a mandatory minimum of 2 years in federal prison for her part in the plot. She and Edward Anderton swiped over $116,000 from friends and relatives. More »

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      identity theft  • guilty plea  • Jocelyn Kirsch  • Edward Anderton

    • Justice Breyer's Records Leaked in File-Sharing Snafu

      Washington Post  |  Jul 9, 08 10:08 AM CDT

      Justice Breyer's Records Leaked in File-Sharing Snafu

      (Newser) - An employee at an investment firm made much more than music available when he used a company computer to access the file-sharing site Limewire, reports the Washington Post . He also made it possible for users to access records of 2,000 of the firm's clients—including Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer. Users as far away as Colombia downloaded the data, which can be used to open lines of credit. More »

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      file sharing  • identity theft  • data theft  • data  • Stephen Breyer  • Limewire  • peer-to-peer

  • June 2008
  • May 2008

    • Illegal Immigration Spurs Identity Theft

      City Journal  |  May 18, 08 6:15 PM CDT

      Illegal Immigration Spurs Identity Theft

      (Newser) - Identity theft and illegal immigration are not only keeping cops busy, they're often linked, Steven Malanga writes in City Journal . Illegals are known to swipe US workers' data to obtain jobs or commit crimes, and the top five states for identity theft have large immigrant populations. But efforts to stop the ID crime wave are drying up. More »

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