Youths face charges of theft, identity theft (Greater Milwaukee Today)
Racking up over a thousand dollars in charges to buy gasoline and cigarettes with stolen credit cards, three Waukesha County youths, two of them 17, the other 18, have been charged, with multiple counts of theft and identity theft.
Law lets Georgians 'freeze' their credit to protect against identity thieves (Macon Telegraph)
A new law takes effect today that offers Georgians low-cost - and in some cases, no-cost - credit freezes, providing additional protection against identity theft.
Attempted Identity fraud investigated by Lower Paxton Township police (The Patriot-News)
Lower Paxton Twp. police are investigating an attempted identity theft/fraud incident earlier this week at Circuit City on Jonestown Road. About 7 p.m. Wednesday, a man with a Maryland driver's license tried to buy four laptop computers, valued at about ,500 each, with a credit card.
On Your Side: Credit Freezes (News 12 Augusta)
People in Georgia can now freeze their credit records just by making a phone call and paying a small fee. That means you have a brand new weapon in the war on identity theft.
Georgia credit freeze law goes into effect Friday (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Georgians can now give themselves a little extra protection against identity theft by freezing their credit records under a state law that takes effect Friday. But how many folks will actually use it? "That's the million-dollar question," said Will Phillips, who lobbied for years to get the law passed. "We're going to make every effort to make sure people use it," said Phillips, who is associate ...
