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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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NEWS
Solano
Co. Employee Arrested For Identity Theft
Apr 24, 2008/ By CBS5.com
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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

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