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Calgary AB: Police have arrested one man and continue searching for three more in connection with a credit card fraud and identity theft ring. The suspects were purchasing credit card data online that had been stolen from victims across Canada and the United States including encoded data on gift cards, hotel swipe keys and other cards with a magnetic stripe. The thieves were using the information to buy high-end items, such as electronics and car parts.

Four charged in credit card fraud, identity theft ring City police have arrested one man and continue searching for three more in connection with a credit card fraud and identity theft ring.

Did you know?

-1 in 10 Children are targeted for identity theft

-A child is 50 times more likely to become a victim of identity theft than an adult

-Schools, foster parents, friends, family and acquaintances are often the culprits behind the theft of a child’s identity.

The Shocking Story Line of Child Identity Theft 1 in 10 children are targeted by identity thieves. Your child is 51X more likely to have their identity stolen than you are. Here's the story of how it happens.

The U.S. Postal Inspection Service noticed as early as October 2013 that a lot of mail was disappearing from collection boxes, home mailboxes and group mail rooms in the Wichita area.

Now, two and a half years later, charges have been brought against 13 people alleged to have conspired in an identity-theft ring that resembled a small, coordinated business. This is one of the largest identity theft cases that the U.S. attorney in Kansas has ever prosecuted, according to spokesman Jim Cross.

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13 charged in $3.5 million identity theft ring in Wichita The U.S. Postal Inspection Service noticed as early as October 2013 that a lot of mail was disappearing from collection boxes, home mailboxes and group mail rooms in the Wichita area.

Identity theft is constantly in the news. Almost every month we read about another major data breach. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, 17.6 million Americans were victims of identity theft in 2014. However, the term “identity theft” is used broadly.

If you report theft of your ATM card within 2 business days, your maximum legal loss is $50. And many banks will not even make you liable for the $50. But if you wait more than two days, the maximum loss increases to $500. And if you wait more than 60 calendar days after your statement is sent to you, the liability increases to “all the money taken from your ATM/debit card, and possibly more.”


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Should Identity Theft Really Scare You? Identity theft is constantly in the news. Almost every month we read about another major data breach. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, 17.6 million Americans were victims of identity theft...

In two Michiana salvage yards, NewsCenter 16 found paystubs, credit cards, insurance policies, old vehicle registrations and bills.


To find out just how much or how little information an identity theft needs to compromise your financial information, we checked with a cybercrimes investigator with the St. Joseph County Prosecutor’s Office, Mitch Kajzer.

“It’s very easy for someone’s identity to be stolen,” said Kajzer. With more and more people using the internet to share life moments on social media, experts are finding online users are over-sharing key data points to their online financial information as well.

Junkyard Identity Theft: How easy is it to hack your account? “Through a very little bit of information, people, through online searches and through social engineering, can find out other bits of information and keep building,” cybercrimes investigator Mitch...

After a security breach with the Milwaukee Bucks in which players’ financial documents were released, the franchise has involved the NBA and National Basketball Players Association to investigate the scam that compromised private information, league sources told The Vertical.

In an email sent to Milwaukee players on Wednesday night, the franchise termed the issue as a “serious security incident” and took responsibility for an employee distributing 2015 IRS W-2 documents in an email scam in which team president Peter Feigin was impersonated, sources said.

Sources: Bucks players’ financial data compromised in scam The email scam involved a party impersonating team president Peter Feigin to acquire 2015 W-2 forms.

MONTGOMERY, AL (WSFA) - So you file your taxes and you’re waiting on a big return. Likely you already have it going to a big purchase, maybe a vacation or a new TV. You file your paper work and...rejected. It happened to Montgomery resident Patrick Thomase about 5 years ago.

“It was rejected,” Thomase said. “They said somebody already filed under my social security number.” With that began a year of frustration.

Child identity theft on the rise; Keep your info safe So it’s time to file your taxes. You’re waiting on a big return. Likely you already have it going to a big purchase, maybe a vacation or a new TV. You file your paper work and….. rejected.