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 theftAngela Moscaritolo
Two brothers, one a former IT analyst at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, have been charged with committing identity theft to obtain fraudulent loans.
Curtis Wiltshire, 34, of Staten Island, N.Y., previously worked as an IT analyst at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, where he had access to employee personal information, including names, birth dates, Social Security numbers and photographs of bank employees.
Wiltshire allegedly used the identities of two individuals without permission to apply for two different student loans, totaling $73,000, the according to a Department of Justice news release and a criminal complaint.
A bank investigator found a removable storage device, connected to Wiltshire's computer, which contained the loan applications, the image of a student loan check for $36,000 payable to one of the victims, and a fraudulent Maryland state driver's license with a photo of a bank employee who is not the person identified on the license, prosecutors said.
Meanwhile, Kenneth Wiltshire, 40, of Brooklyn, N.Y., who is Curtis' brother, allegedly used stolen identities to apply for a loan to purchase a boat, prosecutors said. He used a driver's license and a fake income tax return in the name of another bank employee to apply for the loan, prosecutors said in a separate criminal complaint. (Full text at www.scmagazineus.com)
Va banker sentenced for fraud, ID theftApril 27, 2009 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
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Published: April 27, 2009LYNCHBURG -- 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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