Newswise (Free subscription) | 11/17/2008
Nearly 1.7 million Canadian consumers were victims of identity fraud in the past year, a survey conducted by researchers at the DeGroote School of Business at McMaster University has found. Victims spent more than 20 million hours and more than $150 million of their own money to resolve the fraud.
military.com (Free subscription) | 11/18/2008
The number of U.S. military members in England who have had their identity stolen this year continues to rise, the Air Force said last week.
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 11/11/2008
AAA Tidewater Virginia Partners with LifeLock to Fight Identity TheftTidewater Virginia Members Now Benefit from Leading Identity Theft Protection ServicesTEMPE, Ariz.--()--For years, AAA Tidewater Virginia has met its members many needs at home, traveling or on the road. Now, the company is adding a new tool to its expansive list of services that will help members fend...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 10/22/2008
Absence of Verification Safeguards Allow Thieves to Steal SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Every year millions of Americans are the victims of identity theft, and in a lawsuit filed against major credit card companies, identity theft victim Eric Drew claims that the credit industry is facilitating the crimes. By attempting to maximize profits by fully automating...
Immigration-Law-Answers-Blog (Free subscription) | 10/21/2008
Today's Washington Post reports on an ID theft case that the U.S. Supreme Court is going to consider. The question is whether prosecutors in immigration cases have to prove that defendants in aggravated identity-theft cases knew they were victimizing real people. Here are excerpts: The justices will hear the appeal of Ignacio Flores-Figueroa, a Mexican illegal...
MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | 10/20/2008
The Supreme Court agreed Monday to decide whether people picked up on immigration violations also can face charges of identity theft if they use Social Security and other identification numbers that belong to others.
USA Today (Free subscription) | 10/20/2008
The Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether people picked up on immigration violations also can face charges of identity theft ...
Workplace Prof Blog (Free subscription) | 10/21/2008
The Supreme Court granted cert. today in Flores-Figueroa v. U.S., (No. 08-108). The case deals with federal prosecutors' attempts to bring theft-identity charges against undocumented workers who use other individuals' Social Security numbers to obtain employment. The circuits have been...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 10/20/2008
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether people picked up on immigration violations also can face charges of identity theft if they use Social Security and other identification numbers that happen to belong to others.
The Eagle Nation (Free subscription) | 10/21/2008
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court is taking a look at federal prosecutors' efforts to pin identity theft charges on undocumented foreign workers who have Soc ...
New York Times (Free subscription) | 10/20/2008
The Supreme Court agreed Monday to decide whether people picked up on immigration violations also can face charges of identity theft.
How Appealing (Free subscription) | 10/20/2008
"Court to hear identity theft case": At "SCOTUSblog," Lyle Denniston has a post that begins, "The Supreme Court, in the only new grant on Monday, agreed to spell out the proof that federal prosecutors must offer in order to obtain...
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 10/20/2008
The Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether people picked up on immigration violations also can face charges of identity theft if they use Social Security and other identification numbers that happen to belong to others.
Stop the ACLU (Free subscription) | 10/21/2008
... tool: a 2004 law that imposes a mandatory two-year prison sentence on some people who commit identity fraud. The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to decide just how blunt that instrument is. The question in the case, one that has divided the federal appeals courts, is whether workers who use false Social Security and alien registration numbers must know that they belong to a real person...
Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 10/21/2008
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court accepted a case yesterday with significant implications for the government's crackdown on illegal immigration, agreeing to review whether prosecutors must prove that defendants in aggravated identity-theft cases knew they were victimizing a real person.
