Richard Overton, who turned 112 years old in May, is America’s oldest living war veteran: He survived World War II, bombs and gunfire, the aftermath of Pearl Harbor, but became the recent victim of identity theft. High-tech thieves cleaned out his bank account with a few key strokes on a computer. Overton’s family said they […]

You join us again to talk about minors being at risk of identity theft.  This is a very big deal, Skip. As you know, identity theft is becoming more and more common. With each new breach – be it Equifax or Yahoo! – we are reminded just how vulnerable we are to fraudsters trying to […]

  We start off this week with some news about identity fraud. And it is not good news, is that right? A recent study by Javelin Strategy & Research and identity-theft protection firm Lifelock found that more people were victims of identity fraud last year than at any point in over a decade. The study […]

DETROIT (AP) — Police investigating bad checks say they found much more: A Detroit-area impostor who inspired a 1989 award-winning film was posing like someone else — again. William Street Jr., 64, was charged in federal court with fraud and identity theft after he was found with documents and a white doctor’s coat with the […]

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Sophisticated criminals used an online service run by the IRS to access personal tax information from more than 100,000 taxpayers, part of an elaborate scheme to steal identities and claim fraudulent tax refunds, the IRS said Tuesday. The thieves accessed a system called “Get Transcript,” where taxpayers can get tax returns and […]

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mistakes and miscommunication by three governments on three continents over nearly 20 years led to a homeless man known as “Africa” being on Los Angeles’ Skid Row, where he was shot by police after authorities say he became combative and appeared to reach for an officer’s weapon. The problems began in […]

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Gospel artist Kurt Carr is a victim of a cyber hoax. His identity was stolen by a scam artist through use of fake social media pages, email addresses and a Google voice number in order to contact fellow musicians, preachers, fans and promoters to steal money. The scam artist even used Carr’s identity to scam […]

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Phaedra Parks is reportedly planning to divorce her husband Apollo Nida, and at least one tabloid reports it could be a strategic move to keep her from having to help pay back his $2 million restitution penalty to the government. Nida, 35, was sentenced in July to eight years in federal prison for his involvement […]

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Recently, Apollo Nida was sentenced to eight years in prison for committing bank fraud and identity theft. Now it’s almost time for Nida to serve his sentence in federal prison for his crimes. He’s just a couple of weeks away from being behind bars. On September 10, the “RHOA” star and husband to Phaedra Parks […]

…and the beef continues. Any hope of a ‘Ladies Night’ type of reunion with the hottest female rappers out looks like it’ll never happen. ‘Cause in all honesty, if you’re going to do a female hip hop allegiance anthem on a song, you have to include the hottest one out now and you’d really have […]

According to Wendy Williams, there has been a repercussion from Apollo Nida‘s indictment for bank fraud and identity theft and it affects his wife’s career.…

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McALLEN, Texas (AP) — A South Texas police chief said Monday that two Mexican citizens who were arrested at the border used account information stolen during the Target security breach to buy tens of thousands of dollars’ worth of merchandise. But a federal official said later there currently was no connection between the arrests and […]