Italian police arrest 2 Pakistanis accused of supporting Mumbai terror attacks

Italian police arrest 2 linked to Mumbai attacks

Agencies fix glitch that confused US Social Security numbers with foreign ones

Agencies: Glitch with foreign SS numbers is fixed

APNewsBreak: USDA fixes glitch that confused foreign, US Social Security numbers

USDA: Glitch with foreign SS numbers is fixed

How to plan productive meetings; Restoring your good name in the face of identity theft

Another meeting? How to avoid wasting company time

Judge rejects TD Ameritrade data theft settlement; says not enough in it for customers

Judge rejects TD Ameritrade data theft settlement

Authorities say teen burglar in Wash. may be to blame for spate of crimes, airplane joyrides

EASTSOUND, Wash. — Colton Harris-Moore’s rap sheet already spans a good chunk of the teenager’s life, including convictions for theft, burglary, malicious mischief and other crimes.

NY indictment accuses high-profile Democratic fundraiser of $292 Ponzi scheme

NEW YORK — Federal prosecutors have charged a wealthy fundraiser for Hillary Rodham Clinton and other top Democrats in an alleged $292 million Ponzi scheme that spanned more than a decade, saying he used some of the proceeds to support election campaigns.

NY woman pleads guilty to participating in $2.1M identity theft ring involving Bernanke’s wife

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A fourth person has pleaded guilty in a $2.1 million identity theft ring in which Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke’s wife was a victim.

Alleged check casher for ID theft ring arrested in Fla.; Fed chair’s wife among ring’s victims

MIAMI — A woman accused of being the check casher for an identity theft ring that targeted the wife of Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is awaiting a court hearing in Miami.

Miami man charged in record theft of credit card information in plea talks with prosecutors

MIAMI — People close to the case against an accused computer hacker charged with stealing millions of credit and debit card numbers say he is in plea talks with the federal government.

Fed chief Ben Bernanke’s bank account struck by identity theft scheme

WASHINGTON — An elaborate identity theft scheme has reached the highest levels of the U.S. financial system, striking the personal bank account of Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and his wife.

Even with indictment of a suspect in major credit card thefts, holes remain in payment system

SAN FRANCISCO — This week’s indictment of a hacker believed responsible for the biggest retail-store data breaches in U.S. history doesn’t necessarily make shoppers safer from having their credit card numbers plundered.

Man charged with stealing 130M credit card numbers in record identity theft

WASHINGTON — A former government informant known online as “soupnazi” stole information from 130 million credit and debit card accounts in what federal prosecutors are calling the largest case of identity theft yet.

Arizona sheriff’s deputies raid paper company seeking illegal immigrants, arrest 44

PHOENIX — An Arizona sheriff who has aggressively cracked down on illegal immigration sent deputies into a Phoenix paper plant where they arrested 44 employees suspected of identity theft or immigration violations.

Army National Guard tells 131,000 soldiers to look out for identity theft after laptop stolen

MADISON, Wis. — The Army National Guard is investigating why a contractor had data including Social Security numbers for 131,000 current and former soldiers on an unsecured personal laptop that was stolen, a spokesman said Thursday.

Colorado prosecutor denies violating immigrant privacy rights in identity-theft investigation

DENVER — Colorado authorities say they did not violate anyone’s privacy rights when they seized thousands of tax documents to investigate undocumented immigrants for identity theft.

Ore. victim of 35-year ID theft thrilled at arrest _ ‘like I’ve been released from prison’

SEATTLE — An Oregon man who was the victim of a 35-year-long identity theft said Thursday he’s so happy about an arrest in the case that he could kiss the special agent who handled it.

Feds say Seattle man used stolen identity for 35 years, ran up $100,000 in debt

SEATTLE — Federal authorities say they’ve arrested a Seattle man who used the identity of an Oregon resident for 35 years to avoid arrest warrants and to file for bankruptcy after running up $100,000 in debt.

Woman sentenced to 2½ years in prison for stealing Library of Congress workers’ identities

WASHINGTON — A woman who worked with her cousin to steal the identities of 13 unsuspecting Library of Congress employees was sentenced Monday to two and a half years in prison.

Highlights of Supreme Court decisions made during the 2008-09 term

Some of the significant cases the Supreme Court decided in its 2008-09 term:

Wash. woman accused of identity theft says dog ate her checks

ARLINGTON, Wash. — A woman accused of dipping into her ex-husband’s bank account without permission blames her dog. Arlington, Wash., police spokeswoman Kristin Banfield said detectives filed court orders to follow the money trail. They learned the money disappearing from the 42-year-old Arlington man’s account was being used to pay for utility bills and other items at his ex-wife’s home.

North Carolina woman faces federal indictment in W.Va. identity theft scam of auditor’s office

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A North Carolina woman is charged with running an identity theft scheme that netted nearly $2 million from West Virginia’s state government.

Judges reject seizure of tax records to find illegal immigrants, but not soon enough for some

GREELEY, Colo. — Immigrant advocates say they’ve seen nothing like it before or since: A prosecutor looking for illegal immigrants seized thousands of confidential tax records from an income tax preparer popular with Hispanics in this northern Colorado city.

Summary Box: Court ruling could upend the value of identity theft protection services

THE RULING: A federal judge in California has blocked LifeLock, one of the biggest purveyors of “identity-theft protection” services, from setting fraud alerts with a credit-reporting agency, Experian. The judge ruled that only individuals are allowed to set fraud alerts.

Woman in abduction hoax waives extradition in Fla., will be sent back to Pa. to face charges

ORLANDO, Fla. — A woman accused in an abduction hoax that began near Philadelphia and ended at Walt Disney World will be sent back to Pennsylvania to face charges.

NY state tax worker accused of stealing taxpayers’ identities, running up $200,000 on accounts

TROY, N.Y. — A former New York state tax department worker was accused of stealing the identities of thousands of taxpayers and running up more than $200,000 in fraudulent charges.

NY state tax worker accused of stealing identities, running up $200,000 on others’ accounts

TROY, N.Y. — A former New York state tax department worker is accused of stealing the identities of taxpayers and running up more than $200,000 in fraudulent charges on their accounts.