Identity Theft

SANTA ANA, Calif.—The owner of a Huntington Beach-based company was convicted Tuesday of identity theft in an alleged $6 million nationwide student loan fraud scheme, but jurors deadlocked on multiple ...

Payment fraud is nothing new. In some ways, though, it’s a much bigger problem today than in the ...

Computer crime encompasses a broad range of activities, including computer fraud, financial crimes, scams, cybersex trafficking, and ad-fraud. ...

Although not common, deed theft can have disastrous consequences for its victims. It can ruin your credit, or ...

You've probably heard about the latest banking trend. Online banking is top of mind when earning high interest ...

By Sarah Brady From Kiplinger's Personal Finance “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” When ...

IRS faces criticism despite billions in funding, as federal watchdog report highlights delays and challenges.

Brochures explain how to recognize scam attempts, how to avoid them, and what to do when fraudsters steal ...

LOS ANGELES—A Westwood man was sentenced Nov. 3 to nine years and two months behind bars for defrauding ...

There are different types of security breaches or identity theft. It can wreak havoc on your credit. And, ...

A San Fernando Valley man was charged in federal court Oct. 24 for allegedly stealing $2.6 million from ...

Dear Monty: I submitted a land combination form to the county government. I want to combine two adjoining ...

Mr. Luca* had been receiving his pensions through Centrelink per fortnight, but in mid-July, he found out his ...

Today's batch of reader questions reminds me how complicated our lives have become since the introduction of consumer ...

Canadian LinkedIn users wanting to ensure the public that they're the real deal now have another method of ...

Commentary Pretending to be indigenous—informally called “pretendianism”—for fame or fortune began long ago. The first Canadian exemplar of ...

The IRS has issued a warning asking tax professionals to watch out for “identity theft red flags” as ...

The IRS has kicked off a summer campaign to prepare tax professionals, and more broadly, the nation's tax ...

Oregon's Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) system has been hacked, putting millions of people at risk for identity ...

The Supreme Court limited the reach of the federal Identity Theft Penalty Enhancement Act, unanimously rebuffing the Biden administration’s ...

By John Kyle In 2021, Americans lost approximately $5.8 billion from identity theft. There were 2.8 million consumer ...

Title insurers need to be brought under anti-money laundering rules to fight against scam artists who impersonate homeowners ...

The Supreme Court seemed unreceptive to the Biden administration's arguments on Feb. 27 that a Texas man convicted ...

Commentary The United States is awash in crime. Rather staggeringly, as I've shown elsewhere, 11 of the world’s ...

Living a private online life isn't always easy, but it is necessary. Unfortunately, with data breaches and online ...

The percentage of Americans who think local crime is getting worse hit its highest level in five decades, ...

HONOLULU—A U.S. defense contractor and his wife who lived for decades under the identities of two dead Texas ...