A man in Port Townsend, Washington, has been arrested after he stole 1,000 pounds of mail. Adam Justin Lysiak, an escaped felon, used the mail for an extensive identity theft and shopping spree. Read the full story
A Wigan area man has been spared jail after stealing over £30,000 from his former brother-in-law’s bank account. He began the theft when he was married, and continued by breaking into his ex-wife’s house. The theft was only noticed when the victim’s entire life savings had been depleted. Read the full story
According to figures released by security firm RSA, the UK was the world’s biggest victim of phishing scams. In a 25% increase over 2011, Britons lost an estimated £405million in 2012. RSA’s Anti-Fraud Command Centre report showed nearly 250,000 phishing attacks in the UK last year. Other data, reported by the Guardian, showed an annual […]
A new National Curriculum for England is set to include lessons about personal finance, including identity theft protection. The curriculum changes, which have been added in response to an e-petition signed by over 118,000 people and lobbying by the Personal Finance Education Group, include teaching secondary school pupils how to budget, compare prices, and borrow […]
Whether it’s identity theft or any other type of fraud, a business can be crippled by stolen information. However, while external data theft gets much of the media attention, internal thefts are on the rise.According to CIFAS, the UK’s Fraud Prevention Service, the number of fraud cases committed by employees has had a sharp increase. […]