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Christmas Present or Stolen Identity

Wednesday, December 27th, 2006

This is an interesting video I recently ran across, that warns about the heigtened risk of identity fraud during this holiday shopping season. While this is a peak season for shopping and many consumers are stressfully searching for last minute gifts, it is also a peak time for identity theft. This video shares the necesary […]

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ID theft investigation leads to the raiding of 6 meat plants

Friday, December 15th, 2006

I just found out that this Tuesday, 12/12/2006, federal agents raided meat processing plants within 6 states and arrested an unknown number of illegal immigrants. From what I understand, the federal agents exposed a scheme in which illegal immigrants bought the social security numbers and identities of plenty of US households in order to secure […]

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Illegal Immigrants Chose Identity Theft

Wednesday, December 13th, 2006

I just read an interesting article about the link between identity theft and illegal immigration. It explains how many illegal immigrants are being caught with false or stolen identities. This information came as a result of a 10 month investigation by the ICE, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, in which they discovered that many undocumented […]

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