Archive for the ‘Life Lock’ Category

Mother and daughter caught in identity theft bust

Friday, October 3rd, 2008

A mother daughter team have been caught using fraudulent credit cards to purchase merchandise. Cassidy Janosky, worked at Bank of the West and used her position of vice president of business-development to steal the information of bank customers. Janosky then use the information to open credit cards in the unsuspecting ...

Two stories for the price of one

Thursday, October 2nd, 2008

Concord man charged of identity theft A man out of Concord N.H has been charged with Identity theft and is being held on a 1 million dollar bail. Police say that they are not sure if they have the man's real identity. Police believed that the mans name was Ronnell ...

LifeLock Teams up with FBI-LEEDA to Stop Identity Theft

Wednesday, October 1st, 2008

LifeLock and the FBI Law Enforcement Executive Development Association, a non-profit organization, have teamed up to share and educate law enforcement officer on identity theft trends. LifeLock will use this information to act as the voice of identity theft to help educate and  give the public the tools to help ...

The New “Red Flag” Regulations

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

    By November 1, 2008 The new "Red Flag" regulations are going to be put in place. The new regulations are designed to help prevent identity theft through creditor institutions. A creditor is not just banks and mortgage lenders either. Any business that allows customers to receive a extension,renewal, deferred ...

Indianapolis Identity Theft Arrest

Thursday, September 18th, 2008

An Indianapolis woman was arrested after signing for a television from HH Gregg that was bought with a stolen credit card. After the woman signed for the package the police jumped out of the delivery van and took her into custody. The officers in charge of the investigation questioned the ...

Georgia Blue Cross Data Breach

Thursday, August 28th, 2008

Normally, identity thieves have to do a lot of work to get personal information from their victims. Sometimes all it takes is a small glitch in a computer system to send this information right into the hands of potential identity thieves. The Georgia Blue Cross recently sent the sensitive personal ...

The Financial Assurance of LifeLock

Friday, August 15th, 2008

Those of you who have been victims of identity theft know just how maddening and stressful it can be. While many banks and credit card companies will return some of your stolen money if the crime is reported within 60 days, actually getting them to do this can be extremely ...

Hospital Data Breach

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

Most of us see hospitals as safe places, but identity thieves see them as treasure troves. In a recent incident, the identities of over 970,000 people who had visited the Baptist Health Hospital in Arkansas were compromised. A former employee, had taken screenshots of the personal data and printed it ...