Although most anyone can be a target of fraud and identity theft, senior identity theft is on the rise and those ages 50+ are often in the cross-hairs of scammers.
They were doing what so many others do in Central Florida: buying tickets for a local tourist destination. But these two, police say, weren’t paying for Gatorland tickets with their own money.
A simple shoplifting complaint at a Florida mall led investigators to a widespread fraud scheme in which women from Palm Beach County worked together to steal at least 790 identities, according to court documents.
A judge sentenced a former Oakland accountant to 51 months in prison for wire fraud and aggravated identity theft, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.
A 47-year-old Carson City man pleaded guilty Thursday to aggravated identity theft arising from false statements he made in an application for a U.S. Passport, the U.S. Attorney’s Office
announced.
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