4/16/2006

Florida Pair Charged in Alleged Multi-state Identity Theft Ring Kansas City InfoZine Sat, 15 Apr 2006 3:10 AM PDTA Miami, Fla., man and his niece who allegedly were part of a multi-state identity theft ring are the latest defendants to face criminal charges filed by Attorney General Jay Nixon and local Missouri prosecutors. Opelousas identity theft suspectsKATC3 Sat, 15 Apr 2006 8:57 AM PDTIn St. Landry parish Opelousas police need your help tracking down a pair of identity theft suspects. Take a look at these surveillance photos from an Opelousas convenience store. Woodland police close mobile identity-theft labThe Daily News Sat, 15 Apr 2006 0:21 AM PDTWoodland police seized a massive mobile identity theft lab Friday that police say may have affected hundreds of victims. 20 charged in identity theft ringThe Monterey County Herald Fri, 14 Apr 2006 7:04 PM PDTTwenty people have been charged in a Southern California identity theft ring that allegedly committed millions of dollars in fraud, officials said Thursday. Man held for Salisbury identity theft, larcenyTorrington Register Citizen Fri, 14 Apr 2006 2:36 PM PDTBANTAM -- A Waterbury man was arraigned on identity theft charges for allegedly using the name of his former girlfriend’s father in Salisbury to obtain credit cards and purchase $7,676.72 in goods and cash advances. 22 arrested in ID theft ringNorth County Times Fri, 14 Apr 2006 4:40 PM PDTLOS ANGELES ---- Felony charges were announced Thursday against 20 suspects in a Southern California identity-theft ring responsible for millions of dollars in fraud. Benton man arrested on ID theft warrantBenton Courier Fri, 14 Apr 2006 6:00 PM PDTSaline County sheriff's deputies arrested Steve Bonds, 47, of Benton on a Little Rock Police Department warrant for financial identity theft and a parole violation warrant from Pulaski County on charges of writing hot checks, manufacture and delivery of controlled substances and forgery. Benton man gets 16 years for identity theftBenton Courier Fri, 14 Apr 2006 6:11 PM PDTChadwick Allen Austin, 29, was convicted this week on four counts of first-degree forgery. Saline County Circuit Judge Grisham Phillips followed Chief Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Rebecca Bush's recommendation in sentencing Austin to 16 years in prison, with 10 years suspended. Lawmakers move on data theft-security billCoos Bay World Link Sat, 15 Apr 2006 11:58 AM PDTPORTLAND (AP) - The theft of 365,000 patients' records from Providence Health System has prompted lawmakers to push new data protection laws in Oregon.