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.
WASHINGTON, April 11 (UPI) -- Complaints to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission of tax returns potentially affected by identity theft are up 158 percent in the past five years, officials say.
PUYALLUP, Wash., Jan. 8 (UPI) -- An identity theft investigation turned into a child pornography case when investigators in Washington state examined a suspect's computer.
BOSTON, Dec. 3 (UPI) -- A state-run Massachusetts drug-insurance program is warning seniors their personal information may have been used in an attempted identity theft scheme.
COLUMBIA, S.C., May 14 (UPI) -- Authorities in Lexington County, S.C., recently discovered an identity theft ring involving counterfeit social security cards during a major drug bust.
SAN ANTONIO, Sept. 13 (UPI) -- The American National Standards Institute and the Better Business Bureau have formed the Identity Theft Prevention and Identity Management Standards Panel.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 (UPI) -- The U.S. treasury secretary will launch a DVD on identity theft and how consumers can protect themselves, the Treasury Department said Monday.
TACOMA, Wash., June 2 (UPI) -- Pierce County, Wash., police have found a 90-percent correlation between identity-theft cases and methamphetamine users.
CHICAGO, Feb. 15 (UPI) -- Four people, including two employees of the Illinois Secretary of State's office, were indicted for helping an identity theft ring make fake driver's licenses.
FRANKFORT, Ky., Feb. 4 (UPI) --
