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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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Age Page: Protect yourself from identity theft (The Doings Western Springs)

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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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Lifelock Shows Identity Theft Services Not Foolproof (LiveScience.com via Yahoo! News)

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LAVONIA —Most victims of identity theft don’t realize their information has been stolen or compromised until it’s too late.That’s what happened to Monica Miller. Miller’s wallet was stolen from a library in Henry County where she lives, but she said she didn’t realize there was problem until she started getting mail from Lavonia.“First, I received [...]

Continue Reading Most victims of identity theft find out too late (Anderson Independent-Mail)

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If in fact the accused, in the assassination of in Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, are what I would label as criminal identity theft victims, then we are all susceptible to this type of crime.

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Robert Siciliano: Assassin or Identity Theft Victims? (The Huffington Post)

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Three men are accused of stealing $2 million by installing devices on gas station pumps that harvested credit card access codes. The men pleaded not guilty Monday in Los Angeles to two dozen charges of conspiracy, identity theft, grand theft and computer… Identity theft – Credit card – Los Angeles – Theft – Crime

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Continue Reading 3 charged with SoCal gas pump ID theft (San Francisco Chronicle)

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A man federal authorities say is part of a Brooklyn husband-and-wife identity theft team was charged with killing two of their victims, federal authorities said.

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Feds tie slayings to husband-wife ID theft team (CNN)

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A man charged in an identity theft scheme has been accused of killing two of his victims. An indictment unsealed Thursday in federal court in Brooklyn charges Dmitriy Yakovlev in the murder of a missing Russian-language translator. He’s also accused of killing a man whose remains were found in…

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Continue Reading Prosecutors: 2 identity theft victims killed (New York Post)

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National Consumer Protection week is the perfect time to take steps to protect yourself from identity theft. The attorney generals office has teamed up with jayhawk file express and document resources to sponsor a shred-a-thon.

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A federal grand jury has indicted a 49-year-old Lexington County woman on charges of bank fraud, mail theft and aggravated identity theft.

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Feds charge Lexington woman with identity theft, bank fraud (The State)

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Any Massachusetts business storing or transmitting someone’s personal information must have a written security plan.

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Mass. institutes new identity theft regulations (Boston Globe)

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