Social Worker Fraud (NBC Los Angeles) Seniors in Los Angeles

Social Worker Fraud (NBC Los Angeles)
Seniors in Los Angeles County are being targeted by two female con artists posing as social workers.

Letters warning potential fraud victims set to go out (NBC 12 Richmond)
RICHMOND, VA (WWBT) - It may still be a hoax, but a state agency is acting like the threat is real. More than 500 thousand people will be informed that their social security number could be in the hands of someone who hacked a prescription data base.

Posted on June 07, 2009 in Social Security Fraud | Permalink

Judge: Va. advocate may post officials' social security numbers (The Virginian-Pilot)
By Larry O'Dell RICHMOND A Virginia privacy advocate can continue to publish some state and local officials' Social Security numbers on her Web site to show that government is failing to safeguard citizens' personal information, a federal judge ruled.

Judge supports right to post Social Security numbers on Web site (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
Privacy advocate B.J. Ostergren may post on her Web site Social Security numbers of Virginia legislators and other officials that are readily available on government sites, a federal judge ruled today. U.S. District Court Judge Robert E. Payne ruled that a 2008 state law that prohibits disseminating such information taken from public records was a violation of Ostergren s First Amendment rights.

Posted on June 07, 2009 in Social Security Numbers | Permalink