Back in August 2008 Bernanke’s wife, Anna, had her purse stolen at a Capitol Hill Starbucks. Inside her purse were her Social Security card, checkbook, credit cards, and IDs.
Days after the theft, someone began cashing checks on the Bernanke’s account. Authorities have since identified the alleged Identity thief as George L. Reid of Washington, D.C. [...]
Posts from ‘August, 2009’
Fed Chairman Bernake Victim of Identity Theft
The Largest Case of Identity Theft So Far
Albert Gonzalez, 28, of Miami stole information from 130 million credit and debit card accounts in what federal prosecutors are calling the largest case of identity theft yet.
Gonzalez and his two Russian coconspirators hacked into corporate computer networks and secretly place “malware,” or malicious software, which would allow them backdoor access to the networks later [...]
Florida Officer Found Guilty of Identity Theft Scam
A Palm Beach Florida officer has been sentenced to eight years in prison for using official databases in an online identity theft scam.
Jonathan E. Kelly defrauded students and teachers at Boca Raton high schools, where he worked for the Palm Beach County School District Police. He was sentenced Thursday after pleading guilty to more than [...]
Berkley School of Journalism Server Hacked Again
The University of California-Berkeley is notifying 493 applicants to the Graduate School of Journalism that their Social Security numbers and other personal information may have been stolen in a server data breach.
Early last month, UC-Berkeley IT staff discovered a website in which a hacker claimed to have broken into the journalism school’s web server. The [...]
131,000 Soldiers at Risk of Identity Theft
Personal information of about 131,000 former and current Army National Guard members may be at risk of identity theft after a contractor’s laptop turned up stolen, the National Guard reported Tuesday.
The laptop was stolen July 27. It contained information for soldiers enrolled in the Guard’s Bonus and Incentives Program, including Social Security numbers, incentive payment [...]
Better Business Bureau Warns of Phony Debt Collectors
The Better Business Bureau says phony debt collectors are telephoning consumers across the nation and frightening them with claims about defaults on payday loans. The scammers claim to be lawyers affiliated with either the “Financial Accountability Association” or the “Federal Legislation of Unsecured Loans.” They tell the victims to send money by wire to avoid [...]
