Meet Vontara Colbert-Redmond a Detroit woman whose troubles started in 2007 when her purse was stolen and her bank account was wiped out -- three times. But that would turn out to be just the beginning of what would become...
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The thought of having your identity stolen and used by someone else is unnerving. Some of us have lived through it, and most of us have read about others that it's happened to and how they struggle for months to...
Anyone who has kept up with the latest news headlines would know that identity theft is on the rise. Proactive consumers know the value of educating themselves on identity theft and monitoring their credit. However, many consumers forget that identity...
After a five-month investigation by the U.S. Postal Inspection Service and Miami-Dade Police, Pikerson Mentor, 29, and Saubnet Dwayne Politasse, 23, both of Miami, were arrested this week for the murder of 60-year-old mail carrier Bruce Parton, a longtime postal...
Two of the biggest misconceptions today center around understanding the difference between credit card fraud and the many other types of identity theft-and how those differences affect making choices between simply obtaining credit monitoring services or opting for identity theft...
As a victim of identity theft and an advocate for victims of this crime, I have learned that no matter how safe you think your information is, it isn't. And no matter how simple it may seem to prove your...
Identity theft is still the most common complaint among those reported to the Federal Trade Commission's Consumer Sentinel Network. Nineteen percent of the 1.3 million cases in 2010 related to identity theft, according to the network's annual report - more...
A wallet stolen from Dan Wheeler's truck 15 years ago has now branded him a sex offender -and officials say that could be forever. Wheeler has been fighting desperately to get his identity back and now suffers the consequences and...
Darrius Whitehorn, a Loyola University criminal justice student spent a week in jail for a crime he didn't commit. Darrius learned the hard way that when it comes to identity theft, you are guilty until proven innocent. It seems his Social...
ORLANDO, Fla. -- An Orange County woman was thrown in jail for a crime she didn't commit. LaTanya Brown spent 16 hours in the Orange County Jail on Saturday morning because of a case of mistaken identity.Two years ago, Brown...
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