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Identity Theft

  • Blogs

    July 6, 2011

    Trio Made $400K Lifting PINs from ATMs, Feds Say

    Do you know where your PIN's going?​Three men have been indicted for going to local ATMs and putting in overlay pads to intercept and store customers' financial info, the U.S. Attorney's Office says. Houstonians Jason Michael Lall, 38, John Pierre Griffin, 32, and John DaSilva Paz, 27, hid th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 19, 2011

    Roxann Michelle Thomas: Actually (And Illegally) Got Something From Those "Are You Owed Money?" Lists

    Yeah, that's my name, give me my check.​Newspapers and media Web sites regularly publish lists of people who are owed money by public institutions; if anyone bothers to read them, they check their name hoping to see they've forgotten all about that five-digit deposit in some bank they used to ... More >>

  • News

    January 27, 2011

    Drink Up, Texas

    Sunday liquor sales to close budget gap.

  • Blogs

    February 4, 2010

    What? Someone Actually Gonna Do Time For Identity Theft?

    ​Nakeshia Brown, a 30-year-old Houston woman, has been sentenced for stealing the identities of patients while working as a nurse at Memorial Hermann Hospital. The Houston Press wrote about Brown's case in a cover story about identity theft, published in June of last year. The story highlighted th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 15, 2009

    Cops Bust Big Identity-Theft Ring Here

    ​The Houston Police Department announced today the bust of an identity-theft business that sold fake driver's licenses and counterfeit checks to almost 200 clients, operating out of an office near Greenspoint Mall.  The "ring leader," 65-year-old Robert Lyles, allegedly purchased information ... More >>

  • News

    June 25, 2009

    ID Theft

    Someone gets your social, ruins your credit, upends your life. And gets away free and clear.

  • Blogs

    May 16, 2007

    Cheap Criminals

    Someone gets your social, ruins your credit, upends your life. And gets away free and clear.

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