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Personal Identifying Information stolen from Car Dealership & Real Estate Loan Brokerage Firm - One man gets 19 years in Prison
Kansas City, Mo. – John F. Wood, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that two more defendants were sentenced in federal court today for participating in an identity theft conspiracy. A 40 year old man of Kansas City, Mo., and a 29 year old woman of Plano, Texas, were sentenced [...]
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Identity Theft: Deceased Victims
Identity Theft: Deceased Victims
Impersonation of the dead is rapidly growing as an identity theft crime. In Louisiana, three people were recently arrested for stealing the identities of more than 100 deceased individuals. One of the alleged identity thieves worked in a hospital emergency room and would send text messages to her adult son, containing personal [...] -
Telemarketing Fraud/Reloading Scams
If you have been a victim of telemarketing fraud you may be on their list to be scammed again. The reason being consumers who have lost money are usually placed on “sucker lists”, an index of people who have lost money to fraudulent telephone solicitations. Sucker lists, which include names, addresses, phone numbers [...]


