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Friday, June 23, 2006

Identity Theft Prevention - Help is out there for identity-theft victims 


Help is out there for identity-theft victims 
Q: My friend's company offers a service to help its employees recover from identity theft. Please tell me more about such services and whether they can protect me. -- W.G., Durham, N.C. A: With the number of identity-theft victims continuing to grow, various companies have emerged to offer products to help consumers deal with the problem..
Source: www.heraldextra.com

Congress gets lesson in identity theft tactics 
Lawmakers promised yesterday to end shady practices by private data brokers who gather Americans' telephone records without subpoenas or warrants on behalf of banks, bail bondsmen and, sometimes, federal and local police.
Source: www.philly.com

Five appear in Las Vegas court on identity theft, fraud charges 
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Five people made initial appearances in federal court Thursday on federal charges that they were part of an identity theft ring that sold ill-gotten merchandise in online auctions, a court official said.
Source: www.lasvegassun.com

Lawmaker declares VA's offer of credit monitoring not enough 
( InfoWorld ) - The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA's) offer of free credit monitoring to the 26.5 million military veterans affected by a recent data theft is not enough to fix the problem, the chairman of a U.S. congressional committee said Thursday. The VA announced Wednesday it would offer a year of free credit counseling to the potential victims of identity theft after a
Source: www.infoworld.com