Fast-food worker uses stolen card numbers for phone sex (Credit Card Protection)

Fast-food worker uses stolen card numbers for phone sex  (Credit Card Protection)

Fast-food worker uses stolen card numbers for phone sex 
Forest Grove police arrested a fast-food restaurant worker Tuesday on suspicion of using a customer's credit card numbers to call a telephone sex line.

5 ways to monitor your credit reports 
A look at the pros and cons of ID-theft protection plans, from credit freezes to credit monitoring services.

School Doctor Arrested For ID Theft, Drugs 
WINSTON, Ore. - A school psychologist from the Winston-Dillard school district has been placed on administrative leave after she was arrested on suspicion of identity theft and possession of illegal prescription drugs.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 
Last night the town board passed PTO No. 54, an ill-conceived, unnecessary, constitutionally indefensible, and unenforceable law. A law that accomplishes nothing. It does not force a single person to speak English. It does not prevent a single person from speaking another language.

New York law lets (Identity Theft Prevention) consumers freeze credit data

New York law lets (Identity Theft Prevention) consumers freeze credit data

New York law lets consumers freeze credit data
dmnews.com - In general, a security freeze aids in the prevention of ID theft by thwarting someone from opening credit cards or lines of credit in another person’s name. A security freeze can only be obtained by sending a letter by certified mail or overnight

Measure designed to cut ID theft gets go-ahead
Deseret News - Cutting down on identity theft is the goal of a bill passed out by a legislative committee Wednesday. The Workforce Services and Community and Economic Development Interim Committee unanimously passed out a bill that allows the Department of

Call 12 for Action volunteers are standing by Monday - Friday from
AZCentral.com - Police say he advertised the number, took calls from people who wanted cell phone service and recorded their social security and credit card numbers. Police say the suspect could be charged with hundreds of counts of ID theft but a big unanswered

How safe is your identity?
Jonesboro Sun - We maintain a national database of ID theft victims, and we share that information with more than 1,400 law enforcement agencies, including the attorney general of the State of Arkansas." She acknowledged that some victims battle the repercussions

Online Press Release
PRWeb - Radical Swedish Anti ID Theft Security Solution Can Eliminate ID Theft Totally in the US DINKUM ID, located in Stockholm, Sweden today announces a new and radical approach to secure personal IDs that is more effective and would make the recent ID

Your Digital World: Your e-mails
CNN - Insurance companies now sell ID theft insurance. You can pay to check your credit score. This all seems very backwards to me. The sooner we get a biometric ID system in place, these issues and many others will be solved, and the better off we will be

Phishing - eBay Watch: Wholesale and Drop Shipping News

Phishing - eBay Watch: Wholesale and Drop Shipping News 

eBay Watch: Wholesale and Drop Shipping News 
eBay News & Announcements eBay made two announcements this week that detail new policy changes.

19-year-old arrested in fatal shooting at Beach shopping center 
Elisabeth Kelly Riley had just gotten married over the summer, had landed a promotion at work and was supposed to go on vacation with her new husband this week. On Saturday night, the 25-year-old was . . .

More News 
The following information was provided to The Progress-Index by the Dinwiddie County Sheriffs Office. McCoy Jones, 30, of the 5900 block of Church Road was charged with 11 counts of distribution of cocaine, 8 counts of forgery and uttering (Petersburg offense) and failure to appear on Oct. 28.

Have a safe Christmas: Police, NTCC suggest Christmas shopping crime prevention tips 
Christmas shopping means more people will be flooding the stores, some right up until Christmas day, to get their gifts ready to put under the tree. But more people at more stores means there's more opportunities for criminals to make a move.

Four cuffed over webcam Trojan scam 
Spanish flies Four people have been arrested in Spain over their suspected involvement in linked credit card theft and virus writing offences.

North Valley Arrests Tied to Identity Theft

North Valley Arrests Tied to Identity Theft

North Valley Arrests Tied to Identity Theft
ABC30.com, CA - Nov 18, 200611/18/06 - The arrest of two people in the North Valley is responsible for a Valley wide identity theft investigation. Melanie Heimgartner ...

Holidays are prime time for identity theft
Columbia Daily Tribune, MO - Nov 15, 2006By JW ELPHINSTONE. �Tis the season for identity theft. As holiday shopping gets into full swing, identity thieves have more opportunities to scam consumers. ...

Banks face growing threat of identity theft from insiders
CNET News.com, CA - Nov 22, 2006... "Identity theft can happen through hacking into a bank system or internally with someone walking out of the door, and that worries me more than phishing," said ...

Career offender gets the max in identity theft and forgery
OregonLive.com, OR - Nov 21, 2006Timothy Joseph Boyd, 45, of Hillsboro pleaded guilty to one count of identity theft, a felony, and one count of second-degree forgery, a misdemeanor. ...

ID Theft - IHOP changes policy of asking for IDs

ID Theft - IHOP changes policy of asking for IDs 

IHOP changes policy of asking for IDs 
John Russo has been a victim of identity theft. So when he was asked to fork over a photo ID just to be seated at an IHOP pancake restaurant, he flipped. "'You want my license? I'm going for pancakes, I'm not buying the Hope diamond,' and they refused to seat us," Russo said, recounting his experience this week at the Quincy IHOP.

Computers stolen from health center 
More than 7,500 Indiana women are at risk of identity theft. Two computers containing health records were stolen earlier this month from a health center in Jeffersonville.

CPS Workers' Personal Information Accidentally Leaked 
Hundreds of former Chicago Public School workers find their personal information made public after a printing mistake.

Starting out: Online resumes can trigger identity theft 
Job seekers beware: There's an identity thief trolling the resume waters, just hoping to catch you and your personal information unaware.

Identity Theft Cases Under Investigation 
It might not be safe to use your credit card when dining out in Daphne. News 5 has learned local and state authorities are investigating identity theft at several Eastern Shore restaurants.

CREDIT CARD PROBE LEADS TO AREA MOTEL RAID

CREDIT CARD PROBE LEADS TO AREA MOTEL RAID

CREDIT CARD PROBE LEADS TO AREA MOTEL RAID
Joliet Herald News, IL - Nov 3, 2006... Joliet. County police arrested 10 people as part Operation Sleep Over, investigating credit card theft at seven area hotels. Will ...

UTEP officer shoots at vehicle, suspect sought (4:07 pm)
El Paso Times, TX - Nov 13, 2006... 17-year-old Luis Angel Martinez -- who is not a UTEP student -- on charges of unauthorized use of a motor vehicle and credit card theft, university spokeswoman ...

OKC Police Confiscate Stolen Credit Cards
KSBI 52, OK - Nov 6, 2006Four men are behind bars for credit card theft, after Oklahoma City police found more than 50 stolen credits in a metro hotel. Police ...

Camp Casey soldier gets 17 months for credit-card theft
Stars and Stripes, D.C. - Oct 26, 2006By Erik Slavin, Stars and Stripes. CAMP RED CLOUD, South Korea � A Camp Casey soldier was sentenced to 17 months in prison Tuesday ...