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I travel a lot for work. Airports are routine to me. In fact, I know the layout of many airports by heart. Several years ago I was on a layover at O’Hare International Airport, which wasn’t uncommon, and I decided to grab a magazine and a pack of gum in one of the Hudson news shops.

Esther Elizabeth Reed, will be sentenced on Feb 11 on charges of federal fraud and identity theft. She had pleaded guilty to these charges in August and faces up to 47 years in prison and $1 million in fines.

The FBI is currently investigating a security breach at the University of Rochester. According to the University IT staff, the illegal copy of data was done from an outside IP address. Personal information of 450 current and former students was reportedly stolen and copied to an off campus computer. The University has notified all the potential victims and is providing them with one year of credit monitoring and identity theft insurance. Read more

Mark Sams, 50, was sentenced to 3 1/2 years in federal prison on charges of fraud and identity theft. He was accused of impersonating Noel Haggard, the son of country music legend Merle Haggard. Sams was arrested in July 2007 and also chraged people to take pictures with him. Read more

Lisa LeMieux, 40, pleaded guilty to charges of identity theft and was ordered to pay $10,000 in restitution to the victim. She was also sentenced two years of conditional discharge and 84 days in prison, which she has already completed. LeMieux and her husband Thomas LeMieux met the victim while on vacation and then stole his personal information to obtain $56,000 worth of credit, goods and services. Read more

Long thought by critics to be among the more meaningless, merely symbolic tasks associated with being the American President, Presidential Task Forces have evolved greatly over the years and now play an important role in a given administration.

What does a license plate and identity theft have in common? Turns out, a lot. In these unstable times when fuel prices fluctuate more than ever and finances are getting tighter for people all across the nation, thieves haven’t slowed down on the most basic of crimes, including stealing license plates.

The New York State Consumer Protection Board has launched a new Identity Theft Prevention and Mitigation Program. The new program is designed to help residents of New York against Identity Theft. It makes available the resources and tools necessary to fight the crime and also help the victims overcome the consequences of id fraud. As part of the program's launch, the CPB has also created a quiz show video on their website to help consumers be proactive when dealing with identity theft. Read more

Alma J. Robinson, 41, was arrested on charges of identity theft, misuse of credit cards and forgery. According to Detective Sgt. Carl Gulas, Robinson has been convicted of the same thing multiple times. She was held in the County Jail and the bail was set at $10,000. Read more

In today’s virtually cashless world you may be more at risk than you have ever been before. But protecting yourself may be easier than you think.