Red Flag Laws extended for Doctors

Monday, November 3rd, 2008

      The New Red flag laws were set forth last November as part of the Fair and Accurate Credit Transaction Act of 2003. The new laws were designed to make entities that extend credit to consumers in exchange for goods and or services, make a plan to detect identity theft ...

Child Identity Theft

Tuesday, October 28th, 2008

     In a new Case study about children and identity theft found that 5% of children have a credit report when they shouldn't. Over half of those 5%  have been a victim of identity theft. Those same 5% had on average 12,779 in credit that was either wrongly assigned to ...

Man Arrested Several Times Because of Identity Theft PartII

Saturday, October 25th, 2008

   The nightmare doesn't stop there. Byrd was then fired from his Part-time job for failing to disclose his criminal recored which he didn't really have. A couple months later he was fired from him full-time job. When he tried to get his unemployment benefits they were denied because of ...

Man Arrested Several Times Because of Identity Theft

Friday, October 24th, 2008

    Malcolm Byrd has been arrested several times because some stole his identity and is committing crimes in Byrd's name. Byrd has been arrested not once, not twice, but three times because of the crimes of the identity theft.   

Computers Stolen at KRM in Fresno

Thursday, October 23rd, 2008

    The Fresno police department are looking for the people who broken into the KRM building and stole some computers. One of the computers,a laptop, had very sensitive information on it. The laptop had personal information on almost 5,700 city employees. The information on the computer dates back to 1973.

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 ...