LifeLock, one of the companies that offers identity-theft protection in the United States, has been taking quite a beating recently. They’re being sued by credit bureaus, competitors and lawyers in several states that are launching class action lawsuits. And the stories in the media … it’s like a piranha feeding frenzy. There are also a […]
Personal information for current and former employees of Anheuser-Busch Cos. Inc. in several states is missing, the nation’s largest brewer said Friday. Anheuser-Busch said in a statement that several laptops were recently stolen from one of its office buildings in the St. Louis area, where it has its headquarters. It said at least one of […]
August 6, 2008 Federal authorities said yesterday that they had cracked the largest identity theft case in U.S. history, charging 11 people in the theft of more than 40 million credit and debit card account numbers from computer systems at major retailers such as T.J. Maxx and Barnes & Noble. The three-year investigation by federal […]
Troubled rapper DMX has been accused of using a false identity to avoid paying hospital medical expenses. The star — real name Earl Simmons — was charged in Arizona on Tuesday with one count of theft and one count of stealing someone else’s identity. Authorities claim Simmons gave medical officials the fake name of Troy […]