By Tom Mashberg/ Identity Fraud
Tuesday, April 12, 2005 - Updated: Apr. 13, 2005 12:31 AM EST
Last of a three-part series on identity fraud.
After just four days as a data entry clerk at a members' club in Philadelphia, Stephanie Mobley knew scores of Social Security numbers. She used the data, Massachusetts officials allege, to commit
12 counts of identity theft against a half-dozen Bay Staters.
But if Mobley is found guilty, she faces no more than 30 months in prison. Now, officials want to toughen the penalties for identity theft to deter and punish one of the state's fastest-growing crimes.
Life's been hell and thief still has her SS number!
By Tom Mashberg/ Identity Fraud Tuesday, April 12, 2005 - Updated: 03:54 PM EST
The woman who stole Cathy Caverly's identity has a lot of nerve. She still lives near Caverly's longtime residence in Stoughton. She never paid restitution -- despite promising to do so as a condition of her probation.
She called a credit card firm to complain after Caverly shut off a card she was using illegally.
And now, Caverly has been forced to take on the disruptive and difficult task of getting a new Social Security because the thief knows her old one.
By Tom Mashberg and Jennifer Rosinski/ Identity Fraud Wednesday, April 13, 2005 - Updated: 12:53 PM EST
Sensitive information on 10,000 Bay Staters was compromised during a security breach at a nationwide data broker -- more than twice the number initially reported -- the company said yesterday.
LexisNexis announced that nationally, 310,000 people were affected by the breach, 280,000 more than was reported in March.