identity fraud
Ex Tennessee University Employee Sentenced to Over 30 Months for Student Loan Fraud, Aggravated Identity Theft
A former admissions worker at Tennessee State University (TSU) was sentenced to more than 30 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to student loan fraud, wire fraud and aggravated identity theft ...
San Diego Resident Receives 46 Months after Pleading Guilty to Million-Dollar Scam Involving the Stolen Identities of Military Members
A 32-year old California man was sentenced to 46 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to a million-dollar scheme involving stolen identities of United States service members and veterans. During his ...
Survey: There’s a divide between cyber security concerns and cyber security actions
When it comes to cyber security, U.S. businesses and citizens alike have plenty of concerns, but they may not know how to mitigate them. That observation is based on the third annual ...
Chipotle customers report fraudulent orders charged to their accounts
Mexican food lovers in the U.S. are incurring an ‘extra charge’ with their Chipotle accounts, and they are none too happy about it. In fact, they are up in arms on Reddit ...
Three Romanians plead guilty in multi-million dollar “vishing and smishing” scheme
A hacking trio based in Romania has pleaded guilty to charges brought by U.S. authorities after being caught siphoning cash from unwary Americans. The three now await sentencing. Between 2011 and 2014, ...
Synthetic identity fraud to drive $48 billion in annual losses by 2023 – Juniper Research
Online payment fraud losses will reach $48 billion annually by 2023, up from the $22 billion in losses projected for 2018, a new study from Juniper Research has found. Juniper’s new research ...
Real or Fake? The Difficulty in Detecting Fraudulent Identity
Am I who you think I am? My name is on this article, right next to a picture. You could send me a comment on Twitter or do a Google search to ...
Identity Thieves – Phishing and Pilfering Your PII
Identity fraud reached a record high in 2017 with 16.7 million U.S. victims (an increase of 8 percent over 2016) and $16.8 billion dollars stolen. So, it should come as no surprise ...
