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West Deer Couple Accused of Bilking
March 26, 2008/ By The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Investigator J. Todd Moses Interviewed About the Financial Crimes Task Force
March 2008/ By Comcast Newsmakers via YouTube
Credit-card Scam Suspects Sought
December 1, 2007/ By The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Brentwood official accused of fraud
June 8, 2007 / Pittsburgh Post Gazette / Dennis B. Roddy
Scammers Targeting Military Families
May 30, 2007 / Thepittsburghchannel.com / Aaron Saykin
Inmate accused of running tax return fraud scheme
May 18, 2007 / Pittsburgh Post Gazette
Second set of UPMC data found on the internet
April 15, 2007 / Pittsburgh Post Gazette / Steve Twedt
It's 'too late' to assure security of patient data
April 14, 2007 / Pittsburgh Post Gazette / Steve Twedt
UPMC patients' personal data left on Web
April 12, 2007 / Pittsburgh Post Gazette / Steve Twedt
Charity Scams
January 17, 2007 / Pittsburgh Post Gazette
Freeze Your Credit Files
January 5, 2007 / Pittsburgh Post Gazette

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NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL NEWS

Solano Co. Employee Arrested For Identity Theft
Apr 24, 2008/ By CBS5.com kpix tv
NYC Mayor Bloomberg Victim Of ID Theft
October 2, 2007 / WNBC.com / By Alice McQuillan
FBI looks overseas in ongoing bomb scam
August 31, 2007 / MSNBC.com / Associated Press
AOL identity thief faces seven year jail sentence
August 23, 2007 / Sophos.com
Web Site Offers to Ruin People's Lives for $20 a Month
August 14, 2007 / Fox News
Police seek leads in state computer theft
July 8, 2007 / Associated Press
Fraudsters use charities to test credit cards
July 7, 2007 / IDG News Service / Robert McMillan
Universities are the most likely place for data incidents
July 1, 2007 / Non Profit Times / Mark Hrywna
Data breaches start at the gas station
June 26, 2007 / IDG News Service / Jeremy Kirk
Secret Service helps bust ID, credit card theft rings
June 25, 2007 / IDG News Service / Robert McMillan
Data Thieves Steal Herman Munster's Identity
June 22, 2007 / Associated Press
Military personnel prime targets for ID theft
June 14, 2007 / USA Today / Byron Acohido and Jon Swartz
States Offer Consumers New Tool To Thwart Identity Theft
May 9, 2007 / Washington Post / Brian Krebs
Navy credit union issues scam warning
May 2, 2007 / Stars & Stripes / Sandra Jontz
Tips to protect your passport & prevent theft
April 29, 2007 / New York Daily News / Eileen Ogintz
She's guilty in sex caper after hokey in the poky
April 27, 2007 / New York Daily News / Associated Press
Authorities indicted 13 in alleged identity theft ring
April 20, 2007 / WABC-TV New York / Patricia Wu
When ID thieves strike, take control of financial security
April 6, 2007 / New York Daily News / Asa Aarons
Identity Thieves Go Postal
February 8, 2007 / WCBS New York / Alison Kosik
Stolen Identity
January 18, 2007 / CBC News
Presidential Identity Theft Task Force Announces Interim Recommendations
September 19, 2006 / Department of Justice
Hidden Cost of Illegal Immigration: ID THEFT
March 31, 2006 / MSNBC.com / Bob Sullivan
ID theft concerns grow, tools lacking
June 23, 2005 / MSNBC.com / Bob Sullivan
|States consider laws to put ID theft on ice
March 23, 2005 / MSNBC.com / Bob Sullivan
WSJ's Health Journal: Identity thieves find ways to target patients
February 23, 2005 / The Wall Street Journal / Kevin Helliker
ChoicePoint to rescreen 17,000 customers in wake of personal info breach
February 22, 2005 / Associated Press / Harry R. Weber
ID theft again tops the list of FTC complaints
February 1, 2005 / MSNBC.com / Bob Sullivan
The secret list of ID theft victims
January 27, 2005 / MSNBC.com / Bob Sullivan