Category Archives: Identity Theft
Pennsylvania Woman Pleads Guilty for Her Role in Synthetic Identity Fraud Conspiracy
If someone made fraudulent transactions using your social security number, you would probably find out quickly. Financial institutions are always on the lookout for fraud, and given that your bank sends you fraud alert texts when you so much as make a purchase at a Wawa outside your home county, the bank would certainly… Read More »
Pittsburgh Jury Finds Career Con Artist Guilty of Identity Theft
Why would someone temporarily take on another person’s identity? Is it for financial gain or purely for personal reasons? If it is the former, pretending to be someone else for purposes of using their money to buy necessities you cannot afford is a less egregious crime than fraudulently using someone else’s identifying information to… Read More »
Pittsburgh Woman Sentenced to 39 Months in Prison for Identity Theft
With information being shared so easily on the Internet, it is easier than ever for one person to impersonate another convincingly enough to make fraudulent financial transactions in that person’s name. Despite consumers’ caution regarding identifying information such as social security numbers and birthdates, identity theft is common enough these days that most consumers… Read More »
