Latest Identity theft News
Former TV host Carlos Watson gets nearly 10 years in prison in case about failed startup Ozy Media
NEW YORK (AP) — Former talk show host Carlos Watson was sentenced Monday to nearly 10 years in prison in a federal financial conspiracy case that cast his once-buzzy Ozy Media as an extreme of fake-it-'til-you-make-it startup culture. In one example, another Ozy executive...
North Korean nationals indicted in scheme using IT workers to funnel money for weapons programs
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Fourteen North Korean nationals have been indicted in a scheme using information technology workers with false identities to contract with U.S. companies — workers who then funneled their wages to North Korea for development of ballistic missiles and other weapons, the head of...
Mississippi woman pleads guilty to stealing Social Security funds
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi woman pleaded guilty Wednesday to stealing social security benefits intended for two older people totaling $25,364, federal prosecutors said. Taruars Santae Grace, 46, of Meridian, admitted that she stole Social Security Administration retirement...
Tennessee fugitive accused of killing a man and lying about a bear chase is caught in South Carolina
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A fugitive accused of killing a man in Tennessee and trying to pass off the body as someone else's by calling 911, identifying himself as that person and saying he had fallen off a cliff while being chased by a bear has been captured in South Carolina, authorities said. ...
