'51 face identity theft charges (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
Bank employees. A bookkeeper. An executive's personal assistant. The relative of a deceased person. All were among 51 people charged with Identity Theft in a recent crackdown by a task force of federal, state and Richmond-area law-enforcement agencies.

'US Rep Frank To Recommend Joint Identity-Theft Task Force (Nasdaq)
WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., who is expected to become chairman of the House Financial Services Committee in January, said Friday he would recommend House leaders form an identity-theft task force across several top committees to craft legislation that would protect victims of data breaches while encouraging data holders to encrypt confidential information.

'Shred-It-Day helps SA, protect identity (The Marion Star)
MARION - Marion residents who wanted to protect themselves from identity theft had more than 1,500 pounds of documents destroyed on Saturday at Marion's 1st Annual "Shred-It-Day."

'Students at Risk of Identity Theft (WSLS Newschannel 10 Roanoke)
With one click of the send button , 143 students are now at risk of identity theft. Kyle B owmaster's name and social security number are among those on a list emailed by J efferson C ollege of H ealth Sci ences financial aid director D ebra J ohnson.

'National Poll: 83% Concerned About Identity Theft (Rasmussen Reports via Yahoo! News)
Carelessly tossing away a credit card receipt with a visible account number, sharing Social Security numbers out loud in a public place and failing to shred personal documents before discarding them are things many of us have done without thinking. But these tidbits of information are all a predator needs to steal an individual's identity.

'Amica Adds Identity Theft Service (Insurance Journal)
Amica Insurance has a new partnership with Arizona-based Identity Theft 911, a provider of identity fraud education and resolution services. Amica is providing its policyholders with access to the ser

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