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MOUNT OLIVE TWP.—Avoiding identity theft will be the focus of the Mount Olive Area Chamber of Commerce meeting on Tuesday, March 16, at Paragon Village on Route 46.
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One of the largest identity theft rings in Albuquerque’s history is big and getting bigger.
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A Greenwood Drive woman on Tuesday was charged with 23 counts of identity theft after authorities say she used a woman’s bank account number to make 23 electronic payments to various businesses between Oct. 9 and Nov. 9.
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First, the bad news: incidents of identity theft are on the rise nationally, according to Javelin Strategy & Research. And now, the good news: You can do a lot to protect yourself from being victimized.

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Lifelock, one of a legion of identity theft protection service companies, made a name for itself by plastering its CEO Todd Davis’ social security number all over company advertisements.

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Tennessee and 34 other states, along with the federal government, have reached a legal settlement with an identity theft protection company accused of misleading customers.
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Courts in Beaver and Allegheny counties are warning residents of an identity theft scam in which someone is masquerading as a court employee to try to collect personal information.

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If the financial consequences weren’t so damaging, you might almost find humor in how identity theft has butchered the English language in recent years. “Phishing,” “pharming” and “vishing” are just a few ways criminals access personal information they’ll use to open illicit accounts, rent apartments, or even charge medical procedures to someone’s insurance plan.

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A woman faces a long list of felony charges after police connected her to several break-ins in Highlands Ranch that resulted in identity theft.
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A Brooklyn man charged in an alleged husband-and-wife identity-theft ring pleaded not guilty today in Brooklyn federal court to charges that he murdered his victims. The U.S. Attorney’s office on Friday charged Dmitriy Yakovlev, 42, with murdering two people in the course of ripping them off and plundering…

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