Woman accused of filling out phony credit card applications arrested for identity theft
A Columbus woman is in jail after allegedly spending more than $3,000 with a credit card she opened under someone else’s name.
Columbus man sentenced to 40 years for identity theft
A Columbus man could spend up to 40 years in prison for multiple counts of fraudulent use of identity and a drug charge.
Woman arrested for stealing checks out of friend’s truck
Lowndes Sheriff’s deputies arrested a woman Monday for identity theft.
Identity thieves target children’s information
Identity theft takes many forms, but theft of a child’s identity is one of the most difficult frauds to detect and can go unnoticed for years.
Woman arrested for allegedly stealing credit card information
A Lowndes County woman is behind bars on multiple counts of identity theft.
Medicare card remake to fight identity theft
Medicare cards are getting a makeover to fight identity theft.
Caution: ID theft can disrupt access to health care
Much attention is focused on preventing identity theft to safeguard finances, but medical identity theft can be just as devastating.
LCSO nabs two for identity theft
Deputies with the Lowndes County Sheriff’s Office arrested two Columbus residents last week on related identity theft charges.
IRS strikes back as agents make big dent in identity theft
The IRS strikes back: The tax agency reports that the number of identity theft victims plummeted last year after agents struggled for years to combat what has become a multibillion-dollar industry.
Two men jailed for identity theft
Two North Carolina men are in the Lowndes County Adult Detention Center on identity theft charges after authorities said they were using stolen credit cards to make purchases at local convenience stores.
Street gangs migrate from drugs to white-collar crimes
The Van Dyke Money Gang in New York made off with more than $1.5 million this year — but it wasn’t in gunpoint robberies or drug running, it was a Western Union money order scheme.
Alabama duo arrested for identity theft in Columbus
Two men from the Birmingham area had a surprise waiting for them when they showed up at H&R Agri-Power in Columbus on Saturday.
104K taxpayers have personal info stolen from IRS website
More than 100,000 taxpayers have had their personal tax information stolen from an IRS website as part of an elaborate scheme to claim fraudulent tax refunds.
Is your doctor’s office the most dangerous place for data?
Everyone worries about stolen credit cards or hacked bank accounts, but just visiting the doctor may put you at greater risk for identity fraud.
Target stores facing identity crisis
Target is having an identity crisis.
Cyber cops: Target hackers may take years to find
Secret Service investigators say they are close to gaining a full understanding of the methods hackers used to breach Target’s computer systems last December.
Tax refund fraud is a big frustration for victims
Laura Hankins knew something was wrong when she filed her daughter’s tax return and it was rejected hours later: An identity thief already had sent in a return using the 19-year-old’s personal information.
Former city employee arrested, again
Less than a month after being arrested for charges relating to identity theft, a former city employee has been arrested again.
Credit card data-breach costs take bite out of Target’s 4Q profit
Looks like Target Corp. will be feeling the financial pain for a while from the theft of credit card numbers and other information from millions of its customers.
Hackers may have used Pa. contracted company to hit Target
The hackers who stole millions of customers’ credit and debit card numbers from Target may have used a Pittsburgh-area heating and refrigeration business as the back door to get in.