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Identity theft is a serious on-going problem for a city that generally doesn’t fall for scams easily. So it’s reassuring to see that police have caught Iguosade Osahon, 28, of Brooklyn, who is accused of stealing 750 identities and more than $500,000 from victim accounts. He pleaded not guilty today to 147 counts of of [...]

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A complex scam of identity theft leaves a Seattle family with crushed dreams and new fears.

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A 28-year-old Seattle man has been charged with identity theft after police say he took money from a developmentally disabled man with significant learning difficulties he’d befriended in the Westlake neighborhood.

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This is why you should NEVER file taxesand if you do, you’d better hope your accountant isn’t going to rip you off: At least twenty customers at an H&R Block in the Bronx were victims of identity theft , according to a class action lawsuit filed on behalf of the customers. Kevin [...]

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TEMPE, Ariz.—-Increased identity theft awareness is important not only for consumers, but for law enforcement officials who are working daily to combat the crime and put thieves behind bars.
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Gabriel Jang, 37, of Newcastle, was sentenced Friday, Feb. 5 in U.S. District Court in Seattle to eight and half years in prison, five years of supervised release and hundreds of thousands of dollars in restitution for Conspiracy to Commit Bank and Wire Fraud, Access Device Fraud, Structuring Currency Transactions and Aggravated Identity Theft.

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With some quick thinking, Michelle McCambridge helped bust an ID theft ring.Victim did her own detective work

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Identity theft victim comes face-to-face with thief (KING5 Seattle)

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Michelle McCambridge was working the counter at J.C. Penney when the alleged thief showed up and asked to open a credit account.

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Five Seattle-area people, including a mother and daughter, have been indicted in U.S. District Court in Seattle with a litany of fraud charges. Three of them have already pleaded guilty and are facing prison sentences. The federal agents and the prosecutor on the case say none of it would have been possible without one victim’s [...]

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The use of LimeWire, a popular peer to peer (P2P) service, as a tool for identity theft has been highlighted by a court case in Seattle.

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