Identity Theft

Scores of Americans are worried about the latest huge cyber hack in the U.S., an Equifax data breach that could impact up to 143 million consumers nationwide. Equifax, one of the country’s biggest credit bureaus, says cyber criminals hacked into...

Equifax, one the nation’s largest credit reporting agencies, suffered a massive data breach that affected up to 143 million Americans – nearly half the population in the United States. Here’s a look at both sides, in the hopes that Equifax...

Hackers have victimized tens of millions of Americans lately by stealing personal information ranging from credit card accounts to Social Security numbers. With such information, a hacker or identity thief can open new loans or accounts in your name, file...

Just because your tax return has been filed and any refund may have already been spent or tucked away in savings, that doesn’t mean thieves are done trying to get their hands on your data or your cash. This is...

The IRS says that millions of people have become victims of con artists that have used the victim's social security numbers to file taxes. Once the scammers file taxes, they turn around and collect tax refunds from the government. Meanwhile,...

Imagine filing your federal taxes with the Internal Revenue Service, only to have your tax return rejected because some crook has already used your Social Security number and claimed a bogus tax refund. All of a sudden you face an...

By Eva Velasquez The term “privacy is dead or is dying” has been bandied around for the last few years. It makes me wonder if the real issue isn’t that privacy is dead, but that it never really was alive...

 Identity theft is the fastest-growing white-collar crime in America, with more than 10 million victims in the U.S. every year. But residents of certain states – such as Florida, Georgia and California – are far more likely to grapple with...

 When one of my sisters recently tried to file her taxes ahead of the April 15th tax-deadline, she got a nasty surprise from her accountant: the IRS rejected my sister’s tax return because someone had already illegally used her child’s...

Identity theft is once again the top consumer complaint in America, according to data received by the Federal Trade Commission and released in the agency’s 2012 annual report of complaints. In all, the FTC received more than two million complaints from...

If your Social Security card gets stolen or someone picks up your Social Security number from a confidential document, they may use it to steal your identity, access some of your personal information or open unauthorized financial accounts. It’s illegal...

  Tax fraud is on the rise, according to federal authorities. Before the April 15 tax-filing deadline arrives, scores of Americans will become victims of tax-related identity theft, as criminals continue to steal tax refund checks or unlawfully use people’s...

The IRS has just announced a nationwide crackdown on identity thieves who steal other people’s tax refund checks or misuse the Social Security numbers of unsuspecting taxpayers. The effort spanned 32 states, as well as Puerto Rico, and was part...

The number of fraudulent tax returns filed by U.S. prisoners has exploded in recent years, representing a growing financial problem and a headache for IRS officials and American taxpayers alike. According to a recent report from the Treasury Inspector General...

Identity theft is a crime that occurs whenever one or more individuals steal someone else’s personal information for financial gain. The stolen information could be a Social Security number, driver’s license, a credit card, bank account, or any other private...