identity theft

NY arrests 7 in $1M consumer identity theft The Wall Street Journal 01/12/2012	Nearly 100 People Charged in New York Check Fraud Ring Fox News 12/07/2011
Seven suspects have been arrested in an identity theft scheme that netted more than $1 million in products and gift cards by tapping consumer charge accounts in four states, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said Thursday.	Nearly 100 people formed a check fraud ring that systematically exploited a banking loophole to steal more than $450,000 by depositing bogus checks and withdrawing the money before they bounced, prosecutors said Wednesday.
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Shaletta Porterfield, Miss Wisconsin USA, drop out of Miss USA pageant after identity theft charges Philip Caulfield New York Daily News 05/15/2011	ID theft ring targets Apple stores Jennifer Peltz Yahoo! Finance 02/02/2011
A top contender for next month's Miss USA title has dropped out of the pageant after being charged with identity theft.	A crafty crime ring honed a very 21st-century scheme, authorities say: gleaning stolen credit-card numbers online from data thieves, deploying the numbers for a million-dollar, cross-country Apple store shopping spree and using social media to boast about it all.
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Father Arrested for Stealing Son's Identity NBC New York 07/27/2010	Police Make 18 Arrests In Connection With City ID Theft Ring Vivian Lee NY1 06/16/2010
A Long Island dad not only named his boy after him, but went one step further and took over his entire identity, police say.	The Staten Island district attorney announced the arrests of 18 people Wednesday in connection with an identity theft ring that allegedly took advantage of more than 200 people, including soldiers who were overseas.
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1.5 Million Stolen Facebook IDs up for Sale Robert McMillan PC World 04/24/2010	US Federal Reserve chairman's personal bank account struck by identity theft Brett Zongker USA Today 08/28/2009
A hacker named Kirllos has a rare deal for anyone who wants to spam, steal or scam on Facebook: an unprecedented number of user accounts offered at rock-bottom prices.	WASHINGTON — No one is safe from identity theft, not even the chairman of the Federal Reserve. Ben Bernanke's personal checking account became entangled in an elaborate identity-theft scheme after his wife Anna's purse was stolen last August at a Capitol Hill Starbucks. According to a District of Columbia police report, it contained her Social Security card, checkbook, credit cards and IDs.
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