Identity Theft

In a story that reads like a James Bond novel, New Jersey authorities have extradited a Bulgarian national to face U.S. charges he participated in the Shadowcrew forum, an online marketplace for hacking and identity theft that was the largest of its kind when dismantled by the Department of Justice and the U.S. Secret Service in 2004. NJ U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman says 30-year-old Aleksi Kolarov w

There are many people trying to get their hands on your credit card information, and if it hasn't happened yet, you're likely to become a victim of identify theft in the future.

The New Jersey Office of the Insurance Fraud Prosecutor has obtained a state grand jury indictment charging an Essex County man with stealing and trafficking identities of 15 people who had applied for credit at the used car dealership where he worked. State Attorney General Jeff Cheisa made the announcement today.

Victims of identity theft in the Garden State shouldn’t be harassed by debt collectors if the victims didn’t rack up the debt the collectors want paid off.

Filing your tax returns electronically is becoming more and more popular, but doing so can be risky.

An Assembly committee today has unanimously approved a bill that would establish a process for a victim of identity theft to notify a debt collector of their status and requires the debt collector to cease collection activities until a determination is made by the debt collector as to whether the consumer is in fact responsible for the debt in question.

Police say a suburban Philadelphia woman who helped a former classmate left homeless after superstorm Sandy got ripped off for her trouble.

Homeland Security officials and State Motor Vehicles Agencies are worried about a new generation of phony driver's licenses and I-D's that can get past the newest digital security systems.

Federal authorities have charged a New Jersey man with using the identification of a deceased tax preparer to fill out fraudulent tax returns.

It seems you are not safe even when you're dead! A California-based company called I-D Analytics found nearly 2.5 million people who are deceased are annual victims of identity theft.