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Identity Theft

  • Blogs

    April 12, 2012

    Florida is America's #1 State for Fraud

    Hey, *pssst*, I've got a plot of beachfront property in beautiful Hialeah to sell you for just $10k. Yeah, I'm just gonna need your social and bank account info, and its as good as yours. Yes, to no ones surprise 247WallSt.com has ranked our sunny state of Florida number one in the shady arena ... More >>

  • News

    March 1, 2012

    Stealing kids' identities: Miami-Dade schools sleaze

    Hey, *pssst*, I've got a plot of beachfront property in beautiful Hialeah to sell you for just $10k. Yeah, I'm just gonna need your social and bank account info, and its as good as yours. Yes, to no ones surprise 247WallSt.com has ranked our sunny state of Florida number one in the shady arena ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 27, 2012

    Miami-Dade Public Schools Have an Identity Theft Problem

    ​Miami-Dade County Public Schools have a security problem -- and we're not talking bad locks on the local elementary school's front door.Student information has fallen repeatedly into thieving hands, and the latest lapse comes from an especially embarrassing accused perp: Tizrah Ingram-Johnson, da ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 24, 2010

    'Soupnazi' Hacker Albert Gonzalez Faces 15 to 25 Years at Sentencing Tomorrow

    A federal judge in Boston is set to sentence Miami's own superhacker, Albert Gonzalez, tomorrow for leading what prosecutors call the largest identity theft ring ever busted. ​Gonzalez, who pleaded guilty in September to 19 counts, faces 15 to 25 years for stealing millions of credit card numb ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 19, 2010

    Former Miami Beach Cop Charged In Kidnapping And Extortion Scheme

    Richard Anastasi, who served as a Miami Beach Police officer until last December, kidnapped a Russian national last week, tortured him with threats of violence and tried to extort $100,000 from his family, federal prosecutors say. via Miami Beach Police Department Richard Anastasi, a former M ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 19, 2010

    Silicon Beach: Tech Keeps Scammers Out of Your Heart and Wallet

    Photo via Don Hankins' Flickr​The iDate 2010 conference descended on Miami Beach last month with trade professionals talking shop about the business of running dating sites. One of the topics that intrigued Silicon Beach was protection against scammers. How do you know if the person behind that pr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 17, 2009

    Miami Hacker Indicted In Largest ID Theft Ring In History, 130 Million Cards

    A Miami computer hacker who went by the screen name of "soupnazi" was indicted today in what the feds call the largest identity theft case in history.​Albert Gonzalez, a 28-year-old from the Magic City, and two unnamed sidekicks from Russia hacked into the networks of major retail chains includin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2009

    Hard Drive with ID Data Stolen from Jackson Memorial Hospital

    via CarbonNYC's flickrWhen I'm not writing Riptide, I live a life of crime.* Sorry, I wasn't here a couple of days last week, but I had an art heist to pull off at the Louvre. Anyway, earlier this month, I was hanging out at Jackson Memorial Hospital, as I tend to do, and saw a hard drive and swiped ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 20, 2007

    Coral Gables Cops Pop My Doppelganger

    via CarbonNYC's flickrWhen I'm not writing Riptide, I live a life of crime.* Sorry, I wasn't here a couple of days last week, but I had an art heist to pull off at the Louvre. Anyway, earlier this month, I was hanging out at Jackson Memorial Hospital, as I tend to do, and saw a hard drive and swiped ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 29, 2006

    Mining the Store

    via CarbonNYC's flickrWhen I'm not writing Riptide, I live a life of crime.* Sorry, I wasn't here a couple of days last week, but I had an art heist to pull off at the Louvre. Anyway, earlier this month, I was hanging out at Jackson Memorial Hospital, as I tend to do, and saw a hard drive and swiped ... More >>

  • News

    September 28, 2006

    Mining the Store

    "These two guys made a mountain out of a molehill"

  • News

    August 10, 2006

    Classroom Felon, Part 2

    Former AG Bob Butterworth has a double standard for felons

  • City Life

    May 12, 2005
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