Posts tagged: identity theft
Authorities say Michigan bride Tammy Lee Hinton was arrested in her wedding dress on a felony warrant after exchanging vows at a Jackson, N.Y., area church. Police say she was arrested on a 3-year-old warrant for identity theft, booked and released after less than about 30 minutes. The Jackson Citizen Patriot reports Hinton was scheduled to appear Monday in Jackson County District Court, but she missed the court date. You write the cutline. (AP Photo/Jackson County Sheriff's Office via Jackson Citizen Patriot)
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The editor of Northwest Woman Magazine, published in Spokane, is wrapped up in an identity theft case. The
Spokane County Prosecutor's Office is charging Charity Doyl (pictured in KXLY courtesy photo) with identity theft, theft and cyberstalking. Northwest Woman Magazine is published out of offices on Spokane's South Hill and reaches about 40,000 people. The editor, Charity Doyl, is involved in an identity theft and cyberstalking case that reaches back to late 2009. In court documents obtained by KXLY, her accuser is also her ex-boyfriend, Martin Dow of Glen Dow Academy. Dow told officers that after the two broke up he began receiving threatening and harassing emails from Doyl/Colleen O'Brien, KXLY. More here.
Question: Have you been the victim of cyberstalking or identity theft?
When Aram Langhans asked the Yakima Heart Center to remove his Social Security number from their files, his request had unexpected consequences: http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/may/27/patient-denied-treatment-over-social-security/
When was the last time you were asked for your SS number? Have you ever refused the request?