Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Who's in Your Wallet?

It never ceases to amaze me as to the "blissfull ignorance" of people when it comes to the world of identity theft. The less people know about a subject the less they fear it - that is Blissful Ignorance.

However, after educating people, either in person or at an Identity Theft Awareness Seminar, and they still don't take measures to protect themselves it turns to just plain ignorance! I guess some people think if they have their head in the sand and don't see the lion that it won't bite them in their butt.

Anyway, today I have a few articles to demonstrate that you never know who will steal your identity from your bank or your health treatment provider.

Former Federal Reserve Bank IT worker charged with ID theft
Va banker sentenced for fraud, ID theft

RICHMOND, Va. - A former bank credit card department manager has been sentenced to two years, three months in prison for bank fraud and identity theft.

U.S. Attorney Dana Boente (BEN'-tay) said Monday that 38-year-old Bernard James Brown Jr. of Saluda also was ordered to pay more than $65,000 in restitution to his former employer, Eastern Virginia Bankshares.

According to prosecutors, Brown used a stolen access device and identifying information to withdraw money from someone else's account. After the credit card account was closed, Brown reopened it under a new name and address and continued to tap the account for cash and purchases.

Brown pleaded guilty in January.

Nurse indicted in federal identity-theft case

CHRIS DUMOND MEDIA GENERAL NEWS SERVICE
Published: April 27, 2009

LYNCHBURG -- A nurse who worked at two assisted-living homes for seniors has been indicted on 32 charges related to identity theft of patients there.

Karen Jones, 48, was indicted last week by a federal grand jury. The indictment charges that she used information stolen from nine people to take more than $9,000. (Full text at www.timesdispatch.com)

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