Corruption of Government Officials is Currently Americans’ Number One Fear
Posted: October 15, 2015 Filed under: Crime & Corruption, Mediasphere, U.S. News | Tags: Collection agency, Colorado, Credit score in the United States, Explanation of benefits (insurance), Identity theft, Identity Theft Resource Center, Personally identifiable information, Premera Blue Cross, Social Security number, Telephone number 1 Comment
Here’s What Americans Are Most Afraid Of
Corruption of government officials is currently Americans’ number one fear, according to a recent survey by researchers at Chapman University.
The researchers asked a random sample of 1,541 adults to rate the level of fear for 88 different fear options across a variety of domains (like crime and natural disasters). Based on their findings, here were the top 10 fears for 2015:
- Corruption of government officials (58.0%)
- Cyber-terrorism (44.8%)
- Corporate tracking of personal information (44.6%)
- Terrorist attacks (44.4%)
- Government tracking of personal information (41.4%)
- Bio-warfare (40.9%)
- Identity theft (39.6%)
- Economic collapse (39.2%)
- Running out of money in the future (37.4%)
- Credit card fraud (36.9%)
Source: TIME
You’ve Got Mail: OPM Sends Data Breach Notifications to Millions of Employees
Posted: June 15, 2015 Filed under: Breaking News, U.S. News | Tags: China, Computer security, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Federal government of the United States, Identity theft, Information technology, List of United States federal agencies, Personally identifiable information, United States Department of Homeland Security, United States Office of Personnel Management 2 Comments
WASHINGTON — Millions of federal workers are starting to receive notices from the U.S. Office of Personnel Management that their identity may be compromised following the recent data breach.
WNEW has obtained a copy of the letter [click to enlarge]
FOOD STAMP BANDIT! Prosecutors: Illinois Man Stole $1 Million via Food-Assistance Cards
Posted: March 24, 2015 Filed under: Breaking News, Crime & Corruption, Law & Justice | Tags: Chicago metropolitan area, Chicago Tribune, Cook County Jail, Energy drink, Identity theft, Mail and wire fraud, Money laundering, Ration stamp, Theft Leave a comment
BURBANK — Prosecutors say a southwest suburban Chicago man used more than 3,000 Link cards to steal almost $1 million in government funds by purchasing energy drinks and candy and then reselling them.
The Chicago Tribune reported that 46-year-old Wael Ghosheh has been charged with theft of government property, identity theft, money laundering and unauthorized use of food stamp benefits, and wire fraud.
He’s being held in Cook County Jail after appearances Wednesday and Thursday at the Leighton Criminal Court Building.
Officials say Ghosheh used multiple Link cards, which provide federal funding to low-income individuals for nutrition assistance, to make large-volume purchases at a store, which alerted law enforcement. Read the rest of this entry »
WH Mass Pardon for Identity Thieves
Posted: November 19, 2014 Filed under: Crime & Corruption, Mediasphere, White House | Tags: Barack Obama, Bill de Blasio, Center for Immigration Studies, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, Identity theft, Marcos Miranda, Michelle Malkin, Social Security number, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, White House 2 Comments
“Good news for deferred action applicants: If you used a false Social Security card, you need not reveal the number on your deferred action application forms.”
Michelle Malkin writes: President Obama is poised to show his “compassion” this week by granting work cards to an estimated five million illegal immigrants through an imperial executive order. As for the vast, untold number of law-abiding citizens whose identities have been stolen by foreign law-breakers, two words: Tough luck.Social Security card fraudsters have made out like bandits thanks to the White House. Their victims are about to get kicked in the teeth again.
Two years ago, when Obama launched his first administrative amnesty known as “DACA” (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals), the White House gave aid and comfort to illegal alien applicants who were concerned that their previous felony identity theft and fraud crimes would preclude them from the new non-deportation benefits. The Department of Homeland (In)security made clear that illegal workers who wanted coveted employment documents would not have to disclose to the feds whether they used stolen Social Security numbers.
“Children are prime targets. In Arizona, it is estimated that over one million children are victims of identity theft. In Utah, 1,626 companies were found to be paying wages to the SSNs of children on public assistance under the age of 13. These individuals suffer very real and very serious consequences in their lives.”
— Center for Immigration Studies
Center for Immigration Studies analyst Jon Feere reported at the time that ethnic lobbyists and open-borders businesses lobbied the Obama administration hard “to keep American victims of ID theft in the dark while shielding unscrupulous businesses from enforcement.” As an Obama official told The New York Times, DHS employees are “not interested in using this as a way to identify one-off cases where some individual may have violated some federal law in an employment relationship.”
Translation: See no identity theft. Hear no identity theft. Speak no identity theft. Read the rest of this entry »
Priorities: While Conducting Politically-Targeted Audits of U.S. Citizens, IRS Officials Paid $4 BILLION to Identity Thieves
Posted: November 11, 2013 Filed under: Crime & Corruption, Economics, U.S. News | Tags: Daily Caller, Identity theft, Internal Revenue Service, IRS, Lithuania, Social Security number, Tax refund, Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration 3 CommentsScandal-ridden agency sent 655 tax refunds to a single address in Lithuania
Katie McHugh reports: The Internal Revenue Service sent $4 billion to identity thieves filing fraudulent tax returns in 2012, at the same time it was devoting resources to invasive politically targeted audits of not-for-profit groups, according to a recent report released by Treasury Inspector General J. Russell George.
The IRS, which is now overseeing Obamacare’s complicated implementation and collecting its tax penalties, sent 343 tax refunds to a single address in Shanghai, and another 655 tax refunds one in Lithuania, according to CBS News.
A statement detailing a similar report filed by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration found 1.1 million fraudulent tax returns were filed with clearly fabricated Social Security numbers that IRS could have detected, costing taxpayers $3.6 billion in 2011.
Hacked Data Brokers Could Spell Trouble for Obamacare
Posted: September 29, 2013 Filed under: Health and Social Issues, Science & Technology | Tags: Brian Krebs, Dun & Bradstreet, Equifax, Gartner, Identity theft, Knowledge-based authentication, LexisNexis, Personally identifiable information 2 Comments
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A service that sells personal data to identity thieves has been getting its wares from hacked data brokers storing information similar to what Obamacare marketplaces plan to use, setting the scene for fraudsters to collect government subsidies.
According to a new investigative report by cybersecurity researcher Brian Krebs, the service, known as SSNDOB, hacked LexisNexis and other large data aggregators that supply ID check information.
Lenders, health insurers, and other organizations that need to confirm who they are dealing with use this information for knowledge-based authentication — screening that quizzes a user about information only the valid user is likely to know, such as a former home address or parent’s middle name. Read the rest of this entry »
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