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A variety of ID and credit theft charges have been lodged agains a Brooklyn, NY man following an investigation by Greenwich Police.

Raphael W. Brereton, 32, was arrested May 16 while he was in custody of the Kings County Court in Brooklyn, according to a Greenwich Police report. Brereton was charged with fourth-degree larceny, credit card theft, illegal use of a credit card, unlawful reproduction of a credit card, third-degree identity theft, trafficking in personal identifying information, third-degree forgery and forgery of symbols of value. The charges stem from a June 6, 2010 incident at the CVS pharmacy, 225 Sound Beach Ave., in Old Greenwich.

Brereton was held in lieu of $ 1,000 bond and scheduled to appear May 17 in state Superior Court in Stamford.

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Several people in the Metro recently found out they were victims of identity theft. Police figured out the one thing they all have in common: a restaurant.

Since Saturday, West Des Moines police have gotten 12 reports of identity theft.

Rob Christensen is one of the victims. Part of his job is to help protect information for a local business. That’s why he was particularly surprised when he found out he was one of the customers at Eastern Buffet who had their identity stolen. 

“I’m very careful with all my receipts and everything. I have a shredder at home – I take every receipt and shred it,” Christensen said.

The owners of Eastern Buffet on Westown Parkway are working with police to find a suspect. We spoke to the owner who said she thinks it could be two former employees who are behind it.

The credit cards weren’t physically stolen from anyone, but the numbers were somehow obtained. The cards were used at places like Abercrombie and Fitch and Hollister at Jordan Creek Town Center.

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Livingston Man Arrested for Tax Fraud, Identity Theft
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A Livingston man was arrested this morning for allegedly filing hundreds of phony federal income tax returns.  Todd P. Halpern, 46, is accused of using the identity of a dead return preparer, whose business he bought in 2008.

U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced that Halpern was charged by complaint with one count of tax fraud and one count of identity theft.  He was arrested at his home this morning by agents of the FBI and IRS.

From 2009 through 2010, Halpern allegedly prepared and filed 657 fraudulent federal income tax returns with the IRS using the Electronic Filing Identification Number of a deceased tax return preparer.  In court documents, the deceased tax returner is only referred to as “V.R.” 

Halpern prepared and filed the tax returns using stolen identities of actual taxpayers, without their knowledge.  The tax returns contained fraudulent income and deduction amounts, which allowed Halpern to receive tax refunds deposited directly into his personal bank account.

Halpern accumulated a total of $ 373,938 in refunds from fraudulent tax returns according to IRS agents.  The funds were wired into Halpern’s personal bank account between…………………continues on Patch.com
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NEWARK, N.J. — A New Jersey airport security supervisor accused of using a murdered man’s identity to hide his illegal immigrant status apparently bought the man’s birth certificate and Social Security number from an intermediary before his death, police said Wednesday.

Police don’t consider Bimbo Olumuyiwa Oyewole a suspect in the unsolved murder of Jerry Thomas, who was shot outside a Queens, N.Y., YMCA in 1992. But they shed some light on how the 55-year-old Nigerian allegedly assumed Thomas’ identity and went on to work for 20 years as a guard and then a supervisor for a private security firm at Newark Liberty International Airport.

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NEWARK, N.J. — A Newark Liberty Airport security supervisor pleaded not guilty to identity theft Tuesday as new details emerged about his alleged 20-year odyssey of deception, including that he may have assumed the identity of a New York man weeks before the man was murdered.

Through his court-appointed attorney, Nigerian Bimbo Olumuyiwa Oyewole pleaded not guilty to one count of identity theft, a second-degree offense punishable by a maximum 10-year sentence.

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How the Rich and Famous Foil Identity Theft
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Identity thieves generally pretend to be real people, create some false accounts, and spend like there’s no tomorrow. The rich and famous, on the other hand, already spend that way and are pleased to maintain their true identities. Yet they’re increasingly falsifying accounts of their own lives.

It’s always been a struggle for the wealthy to hide from the prying eyes of everyone, from curiosity seekers to criminals. Now that every transaction is tracked by retailers, government agencies, and banks, to name a few digital data hounds, it’s nearly impossible to erase the lurid details of your life.

What the wealthy can do is hire security consultants who counteract the truth with waves of false information — stories of homes not purchased, vacation destinations never visited, and cars never leased. Their hope: False information obscures the real stuff.

“The only way to truly prevent a breach of privacy is to wipe the slate clean and create a new identity,” says Jeremy M. Kroll, co-founder of K2 Global Consulting.

“Security by confusion”

That is near impossible for most people. The more realistic option: Use “security by conf…………………continues on BusinessWeek
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Northwestern Memorial employee charged with theft of patients’ identities
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A Northwestern Memorial Hospital employee has been charged with identity theft after she allegedly used the personal information of hospital patients to pay her bills, the Cook County State’s Attorney’s office announced Monday.

Shatina Golden, 35, of Matteson was charged with aggravated identity theft and identity theft,  after working at Northwestern Memorial Hospital for the last four years, according to the state’s attorney’s office.

Matteson police began to investigate Golden after village officials spotted “suspicious credit card activity” associated with payments for her home water bill, the state’s attorney office said in a statement.

Police identified the actual owners of credit cards that Golden was using to pay her bills.  Matteson police were told by…………………continues on Chicago Tribune
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Your lost loved one’s financial identity could come back to life in a most unsettling way — 2.5 million deceased Americans’ identities are misused every year, according to ID Analytics, an ID theft risk assessment company. The company’s research arm compared the names, Social Security numbers and birthdays listed on applications for credit against the Social Security Administration’s master file of deaths to come up with those numbers.

ID Analytics says crooks intentionally steal the identities of about 800,000 deceased Americans each year. The company says identity thieves also make up Social Security numbers, and inadvertently make matches with about 1.6 million people a year who have died. In addition, ID Analytics detected a disturbing pattern of theft of financial information belonging to people who were dying. It’s easy to see how that could happen, since people who are gravely ill can easily lose track of the details of their finances.

When you break it down, ID Analytics says con artists use dead people’s identities more than 2,000 times a day. “This study brings to light a significant problem,” said Stephen Coggeshall, chief technology…………………continues on ABC News
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Your lost loved one’s financial identity could come back to life in a most unsettling way — 2.5 million deceased Americans’ identities are misused every year, according to ID Analytics, an ID theft risk assessment company. The company’s research arm compared the names, Social Security numbers and birthdays listed on applications for credit against the Social Security Administration’s master file of deaths to come up with those numbers.

ID Analytics says crooks intentionally steal the identities of about 800,000 deceased Americans each year. The company says identity thieves also make up Social Security numbers, and inadvertently make matches with about 1.6 million people a year who have died. In addition, ID Analytics detected a disturbing pattern of theft of financial information belonging to people who were dying. It’s easy to see how that could happen, since people who are gravely ill can easily lose track of the details of their finances.

When you break it down, ID Analytics says con artists use dead people’s identities more than 2,000 times a day. “This study brings to light a significant problem,” said Stephen Coggeshall, chief technology…………………continues on ABC News
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The Federal Trade Commission estimates as many as 9 million Americans are the victims of identity theft every year. In Wichita alone, at least 500 identity theft cases have been reported every year since 2008.

Jane Keehn just graduated from Kansas State University in December. In two weeks, she’ll be heading off to graduate school in Oklahoma. Along with packing and preparing for classes, Keehn recently had to add another daily chore to her routine.

“I talk to banks, different agencies and credit bureaus daily,” Keehn said.

Last month, Keehn left her purse in her car while she was at work. Sometime during her shift, a thief smashed the window and snatched her bag along with everything inside. Four credit cards, her drive…………………continues on KAKE
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The Federal Trade Commission estimates as many as 9 million Americans are the victims of identity theft every year. In Wichita alone, at least 500 identity theft cases have been reported every year since 2008.

Jane Keehn just graduated from Kansas State University in December. In two weeks, she’ll be heading off to graduate school in Oklahoma. Along with packing and preparing for classes, Keehn recently had to add another daily chore to her routine.

“I talk to banks, different agencies and credit bureaus daily,” Keehn said.

Last month, Keehn left her purse in her car while she was at work. Sometime during her shift, a thief smashed the window and snatched her bag along with everything inside. Four credit cards, her drive…………………continues on KAKE
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Victims of tax refund theft turn to lawmakers for help
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For identity thieves, the Internal Revenue Service is like an ATM. They file a fraudulent income tax return using someone else’s Social Security number and quickly receive a “refund.”

But for the victims of the scheme, the wait to get the money that is rightfully theirs can be as long as 18 months.

A growing number of South Floridians who are victims of tax-related identity theft are turning to their U.S. senators and congressmen for help, and their refunds are being expedited.

“When we get involved, it generally takes 30 to 45 days to get refunds,” said Bryan Gulley, spokesman for Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla. “One of the reasons our office exists is to help people who are having problems.”

Sometimes the victims have been dealing with the IRS for months.

In 2011, Nelson’s office was contacted by 70 victims of identify-theft-related tax fraud, but this year there have been 224 so far.

Here’s how the scam works: The criminals use false financial information on the fraudulent return. A taxpayer files a return, and the Internal Revenue Service informs him or her that someone else has already filed using their Social S…………………continues on Chicago Tribune
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