Chicago-area residents face fraud, identity theft charges for three day Meijer shopping spree (The Grand Rapids Press)
GRAND RAPIDS -- Five Chicago-area residents are facing numerous federal felony charges after they allegedly went on a maniacal three-day shopping spree through three states spending thousands of dollars at Target and Meijer stores using fake credit cards....
Woman reports credit cards stolen (The Times of Trenton)
LAWRENCE -- Police said that a Lawrence woman reported she had been the victim of credit card theft on Monday morning. The victim claimed her credit cards had been stolen in Trenton and used at the JCPenney department store at the Quaker Bridge Mall in Lawrence, police said.
Police seek to ID suspect in Tahoe identity theft case (Tahoe Daily Tribune)
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE - An identity theft case involving a stolen credit card has police asking the public for help in identifying a suspect who racked up several hundred dollars in fraudulent charges.
Tips on preventing identity theft (Sun-Sentinel)
What you can do Consumer advocates recommend the following steps to protect yourself from identity theft:
Identity theft accelerated in 2008, and experts fear it will worsen in '09 (Sun-Sentinel)
Identity theft accelerated this year, and experts fear it will worsen Identity theft became the fastest-growing crime in the United States in 2008, affecting more than 10 million Americans, according to the Federal Trade Commission, the agency that enforces ID theft laws.
