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Identity Theft 2
Identity Theft 2
Table of Contents
Page number
Medical
Identity Theft
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number
Account
Takeover
Fraud
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number
New
Account
Fraud
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number
Criminal
Identity
Theft
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Definition and
Reasoning
behind it.
Account
fraud
definition
and
opinion.
What it is.
12
Definition
And how it
happens .
11
Prevention.
Account
fraud
penalties.
Restrictions
13
How to
prevent it
12
Statistics.
Current
story.
Restrictions
14
My
opinions
Restitution.
Incarceration.
Probation.
For first-time offenders of identity theft crimes that do not result in significant
harm.
Court might impose a probation sentence in addition to, or separate from,
other penalties.
Probation usually lasts at least a year, but sentences of three or more years are
also common.
People on probation have to comply with specific court imposed restrictions,
such as reporting to a probation officer, paying all restitution and fines, and
not committing other crimes.
A Bahamas-based hacker was busted for trying to sell scripts, personal information, and sexually explicit pictures and
videos of celebrities that he stole from his famous victims personal email accounts.
Alonzo Knowles, 23, of Freeport, Bahama was arrested in Manhattan. Also known as Jeff Moxey
He also offered to sell the agent a very popular A-list celebrity ssn along with 30 unreleased tracks towards their
upcoming album.
Knowles gained access to his victims emails by sending a virus to their computer or by emailing a false notification
stating that their email account had been hacked, and asking for passcodes.
The alleged cyber breach was reminiscent of the 2014 Apple iCloud hack in which hundreds of private pictures of
celebrities were stolen.
Hacker offered to hand over approximately 15 movie and television scripts and Social Security Numbers of three
professional athletes and a movie actress in exchange for $80,000.
Knowles was charged with one count of felony criminal copyright infringement and one count of identity theft, and was
expected to appear in Federal court .
Restrictions
- Companies should be looking closer at bank records and
files to try to detect fraud.
- The Government Must crack down on new account fraud to
protect people's data and find ways for our data to be
safe
- These Ways should be similar to those put in place with
PCI AND DSS (The Payment Card Industry Data Security
Standard
My Opinion
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MIT - Statistics
These are the most profound statistics on Medical Identity
Theft:
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21.7%
65%
30%
19%
2 000 000
10%
Criminal identity theft can lead to an innocent person being fined for a
traffic violation, having a criminal record or even having a warrant out
for their arrest while the real criminal gets off for free or with reduced
consequences than normal without law enforcements ever knowing.
Remove any important documents you have on you that can be removed and put
them somewhere secure.
Notify the post office, bank and all other companies with your private
information if you are moving away.
Criminal- My Opinions
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The video!
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LINKS
http://businessidtheft.org/Education/BusinessIDTheftScams/CyberCrime/tabid/107/Default.aspx
www.americanbanker.com (first Picture)
http://www.cnbc.com/2016/02/02/how-fraudsters-are-getting-around-chip-n-pin-cards.html
http://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/new-account-fraud-almost-doubles/