Identity Theft & ATO

4+ hour, 24+ min ago   (421+ words) One victim lost almost $26,000 Calgary police have arrested four men they say posed as anti-fraud bank agents to scam Calgarians, including a woman bilked for nearly $26,000. The following day, the woman discovered several withdrawals from her account totaling $25,824 and was…...

3+ hour, 25+ min ago   (647+ words) An Illinois woman has been sentenced to 27 months in federal prison after admitting her role in a tax fraud conspiracy in which she sought $4.6 million in refunds from the IRS. Monika Skinger, of Chicago, worked with others to submit false…...

1+ hour, 41+ min ago   (186+ words) BEND, Ore. -- The Deschutes County Sheriff's Office is warning residents about an active phone scam in which callers impersonate DCSO personnel, including one case last week in which a victim paid $1,000 believing it would secure her son's early release from…...

8+ hour, 24+ min ago   (331+ words) MANILA, Philippines — Five people, including a police lieutenant and a patrolman, were arrested in a series of law enforcement operations for allegedly extorting money from an applicant seeking entry into the Philippine National Police Academy. PNP chief Gen. Jose Melencio…...

4+ hour, 19+ min ago   (187+ words) DALLAS - Three women from North Texas are facing jail time for an identity theft fraud scheme involving JCPenney credit cards. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Texas, the three women involved in the scheme are 27-year-old…...

5+ hour, 51+ min ago   (209+ words) The Times of India Rajkot: Rajkot Rural police have arrested a man from Ahmedabad for allegedly impersonating a govt official and attempting to extort money from a factory owner in Jetpur.The accused, Rajesh alias Raju Trivedi, posed as an…...

15+ hour, 8+ min ago   (266+ words) Florida’s motor vehicle agency confirmed that hackers breached its restricted driver database using compromised login credentials belonging to a local police officer, turning a single mishandled password into access to one of the state’s most sensitive law-enforcement systems. That restriction…...

19+ hour, 6+ min ago   (579+ words) Sunday, September 13, 2026 by Aaron Delgado The Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (FLHSMV) has confirmed that cybercriminals managed to breach one of their systems using a police employee’s credentials, potentially exposing sensitive personal information of drivers in the…...

1+ day, 57+ min ago   (643+ words) North Korea is reportedly expanding its long-running remote IT-worker scheme by using individuals from third countries as interview proxies, according to a joint government alert issued on 31 July and research by cybersecurity firm Flare. The tactic gives North Korean workers…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (209+ words) According to Cointelegraph citing NBC News, North Korea is recruiting remote IT personnel from third countries such as Iran and Lebanon to assist in infiltrating US companies. These third-country nationals are primarily sourced through the LinkedIn platform, hired as part-time…...