Cellphone Retailer Prosecuted for Fraud (Identity Theft)

Cellphone Retailer Prosecuted for Fraud  (Identity Theft)

Cellphone Retailer Prosecuted for Fraud 
The owner of a mobile phone retail shop chain in Brooklyn, New York has pleaded guilty to charges of theft over a US$2 million scheme to defraud his customers. Mayer Vaknin, the owner of Cellular Island, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, and identity theft.

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Nation briefs 
COLORADOGovernor discusses identity theft Gov. Bill Owens, above, held a news conference Wednesday in Denver with Rick Grice, executive director of the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment. Owens addressed a report Grice's office completed on Social Security number fraud in Colorado. Thousands of people have had their numbers stolen, then used by others to get jobs, leaving some struggling

How to guard your identity 
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Owens plans release of ID theft investigation 
Gov. Bill Owens called a news conference today to release the results of an investigation by the state Department of Labor into identity theft and the misuse of Social Security numbers in Colorado.

Identity theft: A perpetrator's tale of easy money snatched online 
For computer-savvy thieves like Shiva Brent Sharma, the Internet has forged new conduits for the crime, both as a means of stealing identity and account information and as the place to use it.