County Tackles Internet (ID Theft) Safety

County Tackles Internet Safety
Red Herring - Tony Westchester County, New York will test the old adage attributed to former House speaker Tip O Neill that all politics is local when it hosts an adults-only event in two weeks where the county will tackle the issue of children s safety
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Identity theft could be key in race for AG
Fresno Bee - State Sen. Chuck Poochigian seems to think he has to prove he's tough on crime. It's because he's running for attorney general, and California voters don't want a softie as their top law enforcement officer. A steady barrage of press releases from
Source: www.fresnobee.com

Your paper check is a thief's best friend
MSN MoneyCentral - To avoid liability for fraudulent checks drawn on their accounts, customers typically must notify their banks within 60 to 90 days of when the bogus transactions appear on their account statements, said Tom Fox, a financial services attorney in
Source: moneycentral.msn.com

Graveyard ID thief sentenced
Seattle Times - A Whatcom County man who collected the names of dead children from cemetery headstones in one of the Northwest's most prolific identity-theft schemes apologized in U.S. District Court in Seattle on Friday for the hurt he caused their families. "I
Source: seattletimes.nwsource.com

Wayne Briefs
Detroit News - Woman charged in ID theft at nursing home A Detroit woman was charged with stealing the identity of a nursing home resident to purchase a cell phone account in the person's name, state Attorney General Mike Cox said Thursday. Alberta Davis was
Source: www.detnews.com

Keep thieves out of your bank account
MSN MoneyCentral - With millions falling victim to high-tech theft, you need all the protection you can get. Here are the biggest vulnerabilities and what you can do about them. By Liz Pulliam Weston 2004 was not a good year for fans of online banking. First came word
Source: moneycentral.msn.com