TRENTON, N.J., Nov. 28 (UPI) -- U.S. authorities have arrested four men they say used a variety of scams to trick banks into releasing home equity funds.
BOSTON, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- The Internal Revenue Service says anyone in the United States who receives e-mail regarding help earning a tax rebate should view it as a scam.
PHOENIX, Nov. 4 (UPI) -- Arizona's Department of Economic Security said five hard drives stolen from a storage unit contained the personal information of up to 40,000 children.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 (UPI) -- The U.S. State Department has contacted 400 passport applicants regarding a breach of its database that could lead to a credit card scam, officials say.
PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 22 (UPI) -- Officials are blaming a staffing shortage for allowing an Oregon jail inmate to run an identity theft operation from behind bars.
TORONTO, Oct. 22 (UPI) -- About 10 percent of Canadians who shop online report being victims of identity theft, a survey published Wednesday said.
NEW YORK, Sept. 19 (UPI) -- A victim of identity theft who was stopped for a traffic violation was jailed for 22 days because Massachusetts state troopers did not check his fingerprints.
ORLANDO, Fla., Sept. 15 (UPI) -- The mother of a missing Florida girl turned herself in Monday to face unrelated petty theft, check forgery and identity theft charges, authorities said.
GREEN BAY, Wis., Sept. 14 (UPI) -- A 33-year-old Wisconsin woman assumed her 15-year-old daughter's identity to be a high school cheerleader, police allege.
TOKYO, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- Japanese users of Yahoo Japan Corp.'s auction site say they have been victims of identity theft.
CHICAGO, Aug. 22 (UPI) -- A heart bypass surgery a man underwent at a Chicago hospital last year was charged to his friend after the patient stole his identity, police alleged.
BOSTON, Aug. 5 (UPI) -- The U.S. Justice Department said Tuesday 11 people were charged in hacking nine major retailers, then stealing and selling credit and debit card numbers.
ST. LOUIS, July 29 (UPI) -- Anheuser-Busch said a laptop containing personal information on employees was stolen from a St. Louis-area office in June.
TORONTO, July 24 (UPI) -- Self-service check-in kiosks at Toronto's Pearson International Airport are under scrutiny after several cases of identity-theft fraud.
PHOENIX, July 20 (UPI) -- The rapper DMX has been arrested in Phoenix and charged with identity theft in relation to a recent hospital visit, police say.
