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May 30, 2009

ID-theft ruling: Set your own fraud alerts (San Francisco Chronicle)

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ID-theft ruling: Set your own fraud alerts (San Francisco Chronicle)
Companies that sell "identity-theft protection" present an alluring but questionable proposition. For as much as about $100 per year, the main thing they do is set fraud alerts that force banks to call people before new lines of credit are opened in their... Related: Identity theft - Fraud - Law - Crime - Theft

HC man sentenced for internet fraud (WPDE Myrtle Beach - Florence)
An Horry County man will spend the next 16 years of his life behind bars for internet fraud.

BBB Alert: Make Sure That's A Census Worker Taking Your

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BBB Alert: Make Sure That's A Census Worker Taking Your Information (WFMY News 2 Greensboro)
Law enforcement have issued warnings that scammers are already posing as Census Bureau employees, knocking on doors asking for donations and Social Security numbers.

Early claims soar for Social Security retirement (Chicago Tribune)
More laid-off workers applying for reduced benefits to relieve financial pressure, experts say -- Instead of seeing older workers staying on the job longer as the economy has worsened, the Social Security system is reporting a surge in early retirement claims that could have implications for millions of Baby Boomers.

Drivers license security to be tightened (Columbus Telegram) The days

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Drivers license security to be tightened (Columbus Telegram)
The days of walking into the county courthouse, taking the drivers license exam and eye test, paying the fee and walkin... (9 comments)

Wisconsin passes budget problem on to local governments (The Appleton Post-Crescent)
Wisconsin government is a partnership between the state, which raises most of the money, and local governments, which spend most of that money on social programs, schools, policing and firefighting.

Leap in U.S. debt hits taxpayers with 12% more red ink (USA Today)
Taxpayers are on the hook for an extra $55,000 a household to cover rising federal commitments made just in the past year.

May 29, 2009

Students' Social Security Nos. Found In Dumpster (WCPO Cincinnati) School

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Students' Social Security Nos. Found In Dumpster (WCPO Cincinnati)
School officials say they don't know how a list with students social security numbers got out of the building without being shredded.

More Social Security Pages (Heritage Foundation)
The fact that Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid are on an unsustainable course is one of Washington's best un-kept secrets, and it was reconfirmed by the latest annual reports from the Social Security and Medicare Trustees.

Ask the Advisor: Increasing Social Security Yield (News Channel 34 Binghamton)
This week's viewer question for Gregory Lesko of Lesko Financial Services: Q: Someone told me I could raise my social security income.

May 28, 2009

Seminar warns about scams and fraud (Opelika-Auburn News) I have

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Seminar warns about scams and fraud (Opelika-Auburn News)
I have a $4,900 check and guess what you get to do with this check go shopping, said a consumer specialist holding a check. She quickly got the attention of those attending a Guarding Against Scams and Fraud seminar Wednesday.

Martinez: Medicare Fraud Fight Worthy Of Joint Agency Operation (Medical News Today)
U.S. Senator Mel Martinez (R-FL) commended the Departments of Justice (DoJ) and Health and Human Services (HHS) for their decision to focus on detecting, preventing, and prosecuting Medicare fraud cases. "Medicare fraud is out of control - especially in my home state of Florida.

AUTHORITIES ANNOUNCE CHECK FRAUD BUST (New York Post)
A brazen ring of thieves enlisted crooked bank tellers to run a shockingly widespread check-fraud scheme that was brought down only when they forged checks on an NYPD account, authorities announced today. Two computer-savvy ringleaders allegedly...

The question isn't whether Social Security will be around but

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The question isn't whether Social Security will be around but how we'll pay for it (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
As workers see smaller retirement balances, Social Security's long-term funding is worrisome.

Students' Social Security Numbers Found In Dumpster (The Kentucky Post)
You expect a school to protect your child's private information, but one local school admits it slipped up and is in the process of working to be sure it never happens again.

Early claims soar for Social Security retirement (Chicago Tribune)
More laid-off workers applying for reduced benefits to relieve financial pressure, experts say -- Instead of seeing older workers staying on the job longer as the economy has worsened, the Social Security system is reporting a surge in early retirement claims that could have implications for millions of Baby Boomers.

Clinic refuses to treat man who withheld Social Security number

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Clinic refuses to treat man who withheld Social Security number (seattlepi.com)
YAKIMA, Wash. -- With identity theft on the upswing, Aram Langhans thought he was simply being prudent when he asked the Yakima Heart Center to remove his SSI number from its files. He didn't realize it would lead the clinic to deny him treatment.

Gulf Bank First to complete migration to EMV chip-enabled MasterCard debit cards in Kuwait (Mena Report)
Gulf Bank today announced that it has completed its migration to EMV chip-enabled Debit MasterCard cards. This migration is ahead of the Central Bank of Kuwait s deadline for all payment cards to be EMV chip-enabled by the beginning of June 2009.

May 26, 2009

Man admits lying on applications for emergency flood aid (The

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Man admits lying on applications for emergency flood aid (The Gazette)
Robert Henderson, 48, of Atlanta, has admitted to lying on applications for emergency flood aid, the U.S. Attorneys Office for Iowa's Northern District has announced.Henderson pleaded guilty May 18 to one count each of disaster benefits fraud and fraudulent use of a Social Security number, Assistant U.S. Attorney Ian Thornhill said. Henderson admitted submitting an application to the Federal ...

Stimulus Checks for Certain Americans to Arrive by June 4 (KARK Little Rock)
Some Arkansans should keep a close eye on the mailbox over the next week-and-a-half. Beneficiaries of Social Security, Supplemental Security Income, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and the Railroad Retirement Board are set to receive economic stimulus payments by June 4.

No SS number, no service at Yakima clinic (KOMO Seattle)

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No SS number, no service at Yakima clinic (KOMO Seattle)
According to state and federal regulators, private insurance companies have moved away from using Social Security numbers for patient identification. But health care providers in the Yakima Valley say they routinely collect them as "backup" in the event that patients' insurance doesn't pay the claim.

Borrowing from Social Security (Long Beach Press-Telegram)
With all the discussion about Social Security reform, I have a few questions: Has anyone ever wondered why borrowing Social Security funds was ever allowed?

State misdirects Social Security numbers (Daily Record)
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) New Jersey officials have warned nearly 30,000 unemployed residents that their Social Security numbers may have been sent to the wrong place.

Social Security Recipients Urged to Go Direct Deposit (WebCPA) The

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Social Security Recipients Urged to Go Direct Deposit (WebCPA)
The Treasury Department is advising Social Security check recipients who live in hurricane- and other disaster-prone areas to switch to direct deposit as hurricane season gets underway along the Gulf Coast and Eastern seaboard states and severe weather continues to impact other regions of the country.

'Red Dawn' redux: Russia begins massive military modernization effort (The Christian Science Monitor)
Some 36,000 officers are expected to be cut this year and many Soviet-era 'phantom divisions' eliminated. But will the economic crisis undercut reforms?

The Medicare, Social Security Bankruptcies We Need (Washington Post) When

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The Medicare, Social Security Bankruptcies We Need (Washington Post)
When the trustees of Social Security and Medicare recently reported on the economic status of these programs, the news coverage was universally glum. The recession had made everything worse. "Social Security, Medicare Face Insolvency Sooner," headlined the Wall Street Journal. Actually, these reports were good news. Better would have been: "Social Security, Medicare Risk Bankruptcy in 2010."

Fix is hard for Medicare, Social Security finances (INO News)
(AP:WASHINGTON) There is no easy fix for Medicare and Social Security, the main benefit programs for America's growing elderly population. Medicare and Social Security will go broke sooner rather than later because of the recession.

Social sites pose business security risks, say experts (Mail and Guardian)
Social network sites, such as Facebook, pose risks to the information security of businesses and other organisations, a technology law expert said on Monday.

May 24, 2009

Sassa officials in court for fraud (Independent Online) Two SA

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Sassa officials in court for fraud (Independent Online)
Two SA Social Security Agency members have appeared in separate Limpopo courts for allegedly defrauding the agency of more than R100 000.

Security Fix Live (Washington Post)
Security Fix blogger Brian Krebs answers your technology questions and offers ways to protect yourself from online security threats.

State sends thousands of Social Security numbers to wrong former

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State sends thousands of Social Security numbers to wrong former employer (The Times of Northwest Indiana)
Times Staff Report INDIANAPOLIS | The Department of Workforce Development is notifying approximately 4,500 unemployment recipients concerning the accidental disclosure of their Social Security number to the incorrect employer.

Consumer Board Dislikes Plan To Access Accounts With SSNs (Times Newsweekly)
The New York State Consumer Protection Board (CPB) has filed notice of its serious concerns regarding plans proposed by utilities to provide customers remote access to their utility account numbers utilizing Social Security numbers as the sole

Police Blotter: Saturday, May 23, 2009 (Odessa American) Numbered addresses

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Police Blotter: Saturday, May 23, 2009 (Odessa American)
Numbered addresses of locations where crimes occur are rounded to the nearest hundred block. >> An Odessa woman reported someone she knew entered her home, assaulted her and took three Social Security cards worth a total of $45 at 4 a.m. Thursday in the 1100 block of Harris Street.

Facebook payments: Think virtual (CNET)
It looks like Facebook will be launching a virtual currency instead of a transaction platform. The reasons are complicated, but the goals and possibilities for the social site are much loftier.

May 23, 2009

India wants social security pact with US (rediff.com) "We are

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India wants social security pact with US (rediff.com)
"We are interested in a social security dialogue. We have discussed with the US side on the conclusion of what is called a totalisation of agreement by our IT companies," India's new envoy to the US Meera Shankar said at a reception hosted in her honour by the US-India Business Council.

Social Security Administration will move to Dishman Road (Beaumont Enterprise)
The Beaumont office of the Social Security Administration will leave its Eastex Freeway digs for a new building when it is completed this summer.

May 22, 2009

Plumas Lake man guilty of brokerage fraud (Plumas Lake Life)

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Plumas Lake man guilty of brokerage fraud (Plumas Lake Life)
A Plumas Lake man who sometimes used cartoon character names to open phony accounts at brokerage firms pleaded guilty to fraud Thursday in U.S. District Court in Sacramento. Michael Largent, 23, is facing a maximum 20-year prison sentence for mail and

Sassa officials in court for fraud (Independent Online)
Two SA Social Security Agency members have appeared in separate Limpopo courts for allegedly defrauding the agency of more than R100 000.

State misdirects Social Security numbers (Daily Record) TRENTON, N.J. (AP)

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State misdirects Social Security numbers (Daily Record)
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) New Jersey officials have warned nearly 30,000 unemployed residents that their Social Security numbers may have been sent to the wrong place.

Ind. agency sends private data to wrong companies (FOX 28 South Bend)
Associated Press - May 22, 2009 1:24 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The Indiana Department of Workforce Development sent the social security numbers of about 4,500 out-of-work residents to the wrong...

Payout expected to be delivered by June 4 (Boulder City

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Payout expected to be delivered by June 4 (Boulder City Home News)
There has been a lot of talk around the center regarding the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act which President Obama signed into law on Feb. 17. A small part of this plan includes a one-time payment of $250 to certain individuals who are currently receiving Social Security payments. It was recently announced that the Social Security Administration believes that all eligible participants ...

Social Security Recipients Urged to Go Direct Deposit (WebCPA)
The Treasury Department is advising Social Security check recipients who live in hurricane- and other disaster-prone areas to switch to direct deposit as hurricane season gets underway along the Gulf Coast and Eastern seaboard states and severe weather continues to impact other regions of the country.

May 20, 2009

Police blotter: Disability checks stolen (The Salisbury Post) Disability checks

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Police blotter: Disability checks stolen (The Salisbury Post)
Disability checks stolenJohn Matthew Dwyer, 47, reported an acquaintance stole his Social Security disability checks while he was in custody of the Ro ...

Security breach affects 5/3 Bank users (WOOD TV 8 Grand Rapids)
Fifth Third Bank is informing some customers through letters in the mail that there has been a security breach at a third-party company that provides processing services.

Sullivan man indicted for fraud against VA, Social Security (The Champaign News-Gazette)
URBANA A Sullivan man has been indicted by a federal grand jury of defrauding the Social Security Administration and Department of Veterans Affairs of approximately $280,000. Robert J. Warren, 44, is tentatively scheduled to be tried in July. He was arrested Monday and appeared Tuesday in Urbana before U.S. Magistrate Judge David G. Bernthal, who released Warren pending trial.

National Archives Loses Hard Drive (Washington Post) The National Archives

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National Archives Loses Hard Drive (Washington Post)
The National Archives lost a computer hard drive containing a large amount of sensitive data from the Clinton administration, including Social Security numbers, addresses, and Secret Service and White House operating procedures, congressional officials said yesterday.

State's clerical error exposed Social Security numbers (The Record and Herald News)
The personal information of up to 2,800 unemployed New Jersey residents may have been compromised.

Over a Million California Workers Denied Social Security (NBC Bay

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Over a Million California Workers Denied Social Security (NBC Bay Area)
More than a million public workers in California who qualify for social security won't get benefits when they retire.

Social Security Numbers Sent to Wrong Place (WCBS 880 New York)
New Jersey officials have warned nearly 30,000 unemployed residents that their Social Security numbers may have been sent to the wrong place. READ MORE >>

May 18, 2009

Fraud Alert: Stimulus Check - In the Mail? (North Fort

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Fraud Alert: Stimulus Check - In the Mail? (North Fort Myers Neighbor)
The scammers are at it again; they have taken the $250 stimulus check many seniors qualify for by virtue of receiving Social Security, VA benefits or Railroad benefits.

Credit card fraud hitting close to home (The Taunton Gazette)
Taunton business owner's credit union falls victim to credit/debit card breach.

Panel OKs student tracking by Social Security number (The Lewiston

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Panel OKs student tracking by Social Security number (The Lewiston Sun Journal)
AUGUSTA (AP) - A legislative committee has unanimously endorsed a proposal to allow Maine to track student progress by Social Security number.

State's clerical error exposed Social Security numbers (The Record and Herald News)
The personal information of up to 2,800 unemployed New Jersey residents may have been compromised.

Israel's security: terror groups recruit online (China Daily)
JERUSALEM -- The Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) warned on Monday that terrorist groups are attempting to recruit Israeli citizens via social networking sites on the Internet.

IC you: bugging the alien (The Japan Times) When the

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IC you: bugging the alien (The Japan Times)
When the Japanese government first issued alien registration cards (aka gaijin cards) in 1952, it had one basic aim in mind: to track "foreigners" (at that time, mostly Korean and Taiwanese stripped of Japanese colonial citizenship) who decided to stay in postwar Japan. Gaijin cards put foreigners in their place: Registry is from age 16, so from a young age they were psychologically alienated ...

Gulf Bank first to complete migration to EMV chip-enabled MasterCard debit cards in Kuwait (AME Info)
Gulf Bank announced that it has completed its migration to EMV chip-enabled Debit MasterCard cards.

May 17, 2009

Panel OKs student tracking by Social Security number (The Lewiston

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Panel OKs student tracking by Social Security number (The Lewiston Sun Journal)
AUGUSTA (AP) - A legislative committee has unanimously endorsed a proposal to allow Maine to track student progress by Social Security number.

Sullivan man accused of defrauding Social Security, VA (The Champaign News-Gazette)
URBANA A Sullivan man has been indicted by a federal grand jury of defrauding the Social Security Administration and Department of Veterans Affairs of approximately $280,000. Robert J. Warren, 44, is tentatively scheduled to be tried in July. He was arrested Monday and appeared Tuesday in Urbana before U.S. Magistrate Judge David G. Bernthal, who released Warren pending trial.

Ripoff: Social Security and California Teachers (NBC San Diego)
Over a million public employees in California who qualify for Social Security directly or indirectly through their spouses won t get the benefits when they retire. They include firefighters,...

May 16, 2009

Lumberton police chief convicted of Katrina fraud (The Meridian Star)

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Lumberton police chief convicted of Katrina fraud (The Meridian Star)
A jury found the Chief of Police of Lumberton, guilty on all eight counts of a Katrina fraud indictment in U.S. District Court Friday.

Syracuse postal worker sentenced for worker's comp fraud (WSTM NBC3 Central New York)
A Syracuse postal worker has been sentenced to five years of probation and four months of home confinement for worker's compensation fraud.

Report: PennDOT values customers over security (Daily Local News)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) In its zeal to provide good customer service, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation has ignored its own security procedures and issued fraudulent driver's licenses that may jeopardize public safety, according to a report released Tuesday.

Social Security 'Problems' Are 'Misplaced Scare Tactics' and Media Missing

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Social Security 'Problems' Are 'Misplaced Scare Tactics' and Media Missing Story of Solvency, Says Former ... (PR Newswire via Yahoo! News)
The reports on the supposed problems of Social Security based on the Social Security Administration's report today are "totally misplaced," asserts former U.S. House Aging Committee Director Bob Weiner.

More Social Security Pages (Heritage Foundation)
"There are risks and costs to action. But they are far less than the long-range risks of comfortable inaction." "We are increasingly concerned about inaction on the financial challenges facing the Social Security and Medicare programs.

Park security sparks anger (Express and Star) Residents who have

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Park security sparks anger (Express and Star)
Residents who have been campaigning for years to have Cannock Park locked up at night are enraged they were not informed that a survey about the future of its security was taking place.

Security Breach: What You Need to Know (WREG-TV Memphis)
2008 security breach still impacting debit and credit card users

May 14, 2009

Social Security ignored Tucson company's problems (The Arizona Republic) SCOPE's

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Social Security ignored Tucson company's problems (The Arizona Republic)
SCOPE's bookkeeping was so lax that an outside accounting firm couldn't make sense of its books in 2005.

Porn name game leaves tweeps exposed (ABC via Yahoo!7 News)
A web security expert is warning people to be careful with what personal information they divulge on social networking sites after the latest suspected identity fraud hits Twitter.

Man pleads guilty in passport fraud case (Portsmouth Herald)
CONCORD and#8212; A non-citizen who tried to obtain a U.S. passport at the National Passport Center in Portsmouth pleaded guilty late Friday to passport fraud.

More Social Security Pages (Heritage Foundation) "There are risks and

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More Social Security Pages (Heritage Foundation)
"There are risks and costs to action. But they are far less than the long-range risks of comfortable inaction." "We are increasingly concerned about inaction on the financial challenges facing the Social Security and Medicare programs.

Social Security 'Problems' Are 'Misplaced Scare Tactics' and Media Missing Story of Solvency, Says Former ... (PR Newswire via Yahoo! News)
The reports on the supposed problems of Social Security based on the Social Security Administration's report today are "totally misplaced," asserts former U.S. House Aging Committee Director Bob Weiner.

Man gets prison term for theft of checkbook, wallet (Fond

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Man gets prison term for theft of checkbook, wallet (Fond du Lac Reporter)
A Fond du Lac man who stole a womans checkbook, drivers license, credit cards and Social Security card will spend two years in prison.

Four state agencies to try out national ID (Manila Standard Today)
FOUR state agencies led by the Government Service Insurance System and the Social Security System will spearhead the implementation of a national ID system covering the bureaucracy.

Recession Hits Social Security Projections (BusinessWeek Online via Yahoo! News)

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Recession Hits Social Security Projections (BusinessWeek Online via Yahoo! News)
Doomsday for Social Security and Medicare has come a little closer, thanks to the deep recession. The costs of administering Social Security are now expected to exceed tax revenues in 2016, a year earlier than expected, and the trust funds for the program are now projected to run out in 2037, four years earlier than envisioned a year ago. The $468 billion Medicare program is in worse shape, with ...

Social Security and Medicare finances worsen (AP via Yahoo! News)
Social Security and Medicare are fading even faster under the weight of the recession, heading for insolvency years sooner than previously expected, the government warned Tuesday. Social Security will start paying out more in benefits than it collects in taxes in 2016, a year sooner than projected last year, and the giant trust fund will be depleted by 2037, four years sooner, trustees reported.

May 12, 2009

Dead Woman Gets Federal Stimulus Check (KMGH 7 Denver) Millions

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Dead Woman Gets Federal Stimulus Check (KMGH 7 Denver)
Millions of Americans on Social Security are receiving $250 checks as part of the president's stimulus plan -- including a woman who died more than 40 years ago.

Blotter: Los Gatos resident's Social Security Card stolen (San Jose Mercury News)
Identity theft On April 26 at 2:18 p.m. on Terreno De Flores Circle. A resident's Social Security card was stolen and used fraudulently.

Social Security Reform Could Be on the Horizon (Financial Planning.com)

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Social Security Reform Could Be on the Horizon (Financial Planning.com)
Social Security Commissioner Michael Astrue thinks the long-delayed discussion about reforming the government insurance program could be taken up as early as next year.

Statement of U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis following Social Security and Medicare Board of Trustees meeting - ... (U.S. Department of Labor)
U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis released a statement after today's Social Security and Medicare Board of Trustees meeting stating that today's report is a wake-up call and reminder of the importance to ensure that this social safety-net is available to all Americans and future generations.

Recycling effort leads to release of Big Isle prisoners' personal information (Honolulu Advertiser)
HILO A Puna man was given a four-page copy of the terms of his supervised release and on the back were the names of 154 current and former Hawaii Community Correctional Center inmates, with Social Security numbers, system identification numbers, security class and scheduled released date all confidential information.

Social Security, Medicare report cards due Tuesday (Market Watch) Trustees

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Social Security, Medicare report cards due Tuesday (Market Watch)
Trustees of the nation s two biggest entitlement programs will issue their annual report on the financial health of Social Security and Medicare on Tuesday, and some analysts are predicting that the programs trust funds will run out of money earlier than projected a year ago.

'Misery breeds violence' in Haiti's seaside slum (CNN)
Roudeline Lamy was 23 when she was shot in the stomach. The impact of the bullet sent the small baby she was holding tumbling to the ground.

Denied Social Security applicants with '240K' permits called back (Saipan Tribune)
The Social Security Administration office on Saipan is calling back all 240K CNMI immigration permit holders whose applications for Social Security cards were not accepted or denied starting January.

May 11, 2009

Know when you can start collecting Social Security (New Haven

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Know when you can start collecting Social Security (New Haven Register)
Q: How much work makes me eligible to collect Social Security?

$250 stimulus checks only a loan for many on Social Security (The Salt Lake Tribune)
WASHINGTON (AP) About 52 million Social Security recipients started receiving $250 economic recovery checks Thursday, including many who will have to repay the money at tax time next year either through a smaller refund or a larger tax bill.

May 10, 2009

Capital Games: May 10 (The Record and Herald News) REP.

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Capital Games: May 10 (The Record and Herald News)
REP. SCOTT GARRETT, R-Wantage, got 98 points out of 100 for his House actions last year from the Club for Growth, a group committed to lower taxes, deregulation, personal retirement accounts for Social Security and limits on tort lawsuits.

Blotter: Los Gatos resident's Social Security Card stolen (San Jose Mercury News)
Identity theft On April 26 at 2:18 p.m. on Terreno De Flores Circle. A resident's Social Security card was stolen and used fraudulently.

Howard official charged with conspiracy, fraud (Hattiesburg American)
The human resources manager at Howard Industries Inc. made an initial appearance in federal court Thursday, charged in a 25-count indictment with conspiracy and employee verification fraud.

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Hackers Break Into UC Berkeley's Database, Steal Nearly 100,000 Social Security Numbers [Crime] (Gizmodo)
An unknown number of hackers broke into UC Berkeley's database and were able to access the personal and health information of over 160,000 students and former students. They're still at large. The...

Hackers attack campus databases, steal Social Security numbers, other data (UC Berkeley NewsCenter)
UC Berkeley officials have determined that overseas cybercriminals obtained illegal access to electronic databases that contained personally identifiable billing and non-treatment medical information in the University Health Services (UHS) area. UHS medical treatment records, stored in a separate database, were not impacted in this incident. Campus officials are notifying individuals whose data ...

MVA to require proof of legal presence for license, identification

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MVA to require proof of legal presence for license, identification (The Frederick News-Post)
Be sure to dig up your birth certificate, Social Security card and all other forms of identification before heading to the MVA

Senior citizens await $250 stimulus (The Republican)
WEST SPRINGFIELD - The talk at the Senior Center was downright stimulating one recent spring morning as the elders played cards and the lunch-hour drew near.

Hackers Break Into UC Berkeley's Database, Steal Nearly 100,000 Social Security Numbers [Crime] (Gizmodo)
An unknown number of hackers broke into UC Berkeley's database and were able to access the personal and health information of over 160,000 students and former students. They're still at large. The...

May 08, 2009

Sebastian woman accused of collecting dead mom's Social Security, military

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Sebastian woman accused of collecting dead mom's Social Security, military pension checks for 6 years (Press Journal)
Police charged Penelope Jordan with fraud for the $61,000 in Social Security checks she allegedly had illegally continued to cash beyond her mother s death. The federal indictments accuse Penelope Jordan of the same, but also charge her with collecting $176,461 in military pension benefits.

Startup Takes New Spin On Online Fraud Detection (Dark Reading)
Pramana's HumanPresent technology spun off from research at Georgia Tech

Hackers attack campus databases, steal Social Security numbers, other data

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Hackers attack campus databases, steal Social Security numbers, other data (UC Berkeley NewsCenter)
UC Berkeley officials have determined that overseas cybercriminals obtained illegal access to electronic databases that contained personally identifiable billing and non-treatment medical information in the University Health Services (UHS) area. UHS medical records, stored in a separate database, were not impacted in this incident. Campus officials are notifying individuals whose data was ...

Social Security Numbers Cleared From Public Records (WMBD - FOX 43 Peoria)
WMBD/WYZZ- McLean County- McLean County resident's no longer have to worry about having their social security numbers on public records. McLean County recorder, Lee Newcom, says social security numbers have been cleared from mortgages and all other land records.

Seeking security in 'village' lifestyle (Adelaide Now)
AUSTRALIANS are adopting a "village" mentality in search of social and financial security.

Denied Social Security applicants with '240K' permits called back (Saipan

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Denied Social Security applicants with '240K' permits called back (Saipan Tribune)
The Social Security Administration office on Saipan is calling back all 240K CNMI immigration permit holders whose applications for Social Security cards were not accepted or denied starting January.

Community Calendar of Events (The Phoenix)
The Phoenix is maintaining a Community Calendar of Events. If your club or organization is planning a social event that affects residents of the Phoenixville area, contact The Phoenix at least two weeks in advance at 610-933-8926.

Privacy Awareness Week Highlights Security Issues (Scoop.co.nz)
As more people connect online Unisys Security Index research shows 6 out of 10 New Zealanders now extremely or very worried about misuse or unauthorised access to personal information.

Teachers deserve fairness with Social Security (The Desert Sun) Public

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Teachers deserve fairness with Social Security (The Desert Sun)
Public school teachers, the largest group of government employees in California, do not enjoy the same Social Security retirement benefits as those in 35 other states. This is a nasty surprise waiting for many who expect, at retirement, to be treated like the majority of their professional equals across the United States.

Stimulus payments for social security recipients underway (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Thursday marked the first disbursement of federal stimulus payments to Georgians and others who receive Social Security benefits, the U.S. Treasury Department said.

May 06, 2009

Demystifying ID Fraud (CBS News) Frequently asked questions about identify

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Demystifying ID Fraud (CBS News)
Frequently asked questions about identify fraud: how does it happen, what to do to protect yourself.

Bloomington man, 43, indicted in mortgage fraud case (Bloomington Sun-Current)
A 43-year-old Bloomington man has been indicted in U.S. District Court in connection with a scheme to defraud mortgage lenders around the country and to obtain money from those lenders through fraudulent pretenses.

Court Bars Identity-Theft Law as Tool in Immigration Cases (New York Times)
The Supreme Court ruled unanimously that the law may not be used against many illegal workers who used false Social Security numbers to get jobs.

Making the Punishment Fit the Crime (New York Times) Charging

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Making the Punishment Fit the Crime (New York Times)
Charging illegal immigrants who applied for jobs using made-up Social Security numbers with felony identity theft outrageously overstates the crime.

Court Bars Identity-Theft Law as Tool in Immigration Cases (New York Times)
The Supreme Court ruled unanimously that the law may not be used against many illegal workers who used false Social Security numbers to get jobs.

Letters: The unwilling pioneers of the ID cards scheme (Independent)

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Letters: The unwilling pioneers of the ID cards scheme (Independent)
The Home Secretary (letters, 29 April) is wrong to suggest that money would not be saved by scrapping ID cards. I was surprised that Ms Smith resurrected the tired and weak argument designed to scare people into surrenderng their fingerprints to the Government's vulnerable identity database. Terrorists, criminals and fraudsters will find ways to subvert or circumvent the system.

East Visalia SSA office built illegally on flood plain (Visalia Times-Delta / Tulare Advance-Register)
A Social Security Administration field office being built in east Visalia is located on a 100-year flood plain, new federal documents show.

Social Media's Criminal Attraction (Forbes)
A new Facebook worm suggests that cybercriminals have discovered social media too.

May 05, 2009

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Examining Social Networking For Terrorists To Find People Behind Terrorist Attacks (Science Daily)
A new approach to analyzing social networks could help homeland security find the covert connections between the people behind terrorist attacks. The approach involves revealing the nodes that act as hubs in a terrorist network and tracing back to individual planners and perpetrators.

Security concerns hold back social networking (Federal Computer Week)
Two recent surveys found that many organizations are putting off Web 2.0 plans until security issues are resolved.

Social Security Check Problems (KAAL Austin)
(ABC 6 NEWS)--- Social Security recipients will soon be getting a $250 stimulus check from the federal government, but some may have to give it back come tax time next year.

May 04, 2009

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LexisNexis warns of fraud scheme (Courier-Post)
The LexisNexis online information service is warning 32,000 people their personal information may have been improperly accessed in a credit card fraud scheme that postal officials say bilked hundreds.

Mozambique: 12 Million Meticais Stolen From INSS in Tete (AllAfrica.com)
Maputo The general director of Mozambique's National Social Security Institute (INSS), Rogeria Muianga, has confirmed that a thorough audit of the INSS delegation in the western province of Tete shows that 12 million meticais (about 453,000 US dollars) was stolen between 2004 and this year.

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Court rules for immigrant in ID theft case (AP via Yahoo! News)
A unanimous Supreme Court said Monday that undocumented workers who use phony IDs can't be considered identity thieves without proof they knew they were stealing real people's Social Security and other numbers.

'Magic' plates disappear from Hohhot roads (People's Daily)
"Magic" license plates that allow unmarked police cars to violate traffic laws have been scrapped by a city in Inner Mongolia after complaints that abuses by officers were putting lives at risk. The government of the autonomous region's capital Hohhot cancelled all 700 of its "meng-OA" plates in favor of ordinary registration numbers on April 25, said Yan Bing, chief of the public security ...

Calif. bill to protect Social Security numbers, medical records and other personal data (The Salinas Californian)
SACRAMENTO - Social Security numbers, medical records and other personal data could get more protection from disclosure if a bill that passed its first legislative review Tuesday becomes law.

Supreme Court Rules Against Government in Identity-Theft Case (New York

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Supreme Court Rules Against Government in Identity-Theft Case (New York Times)
Justices ruled that the federal government has been going too far in using identity-theft laws against undocumented workers.

Georgia leads the nation in bank failures (San Francisco Chronicle)
The banner above FirstCity Bank still reads "Celebrating 100 Years of Service," but the 690 residents of this rural community aren't in the mood _ not since government regulators locked the door, emptied the vault and closed the only bank within nearly 20...

May 02, 2009

LexisNexis warns 32,000 people about data breach (AP via Yahoo!

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LexisNexis warns 32,000 people about data breach (AP via Yahoo! News)
The LexisNexis online information service told 32,000 people on Friday that their personal information may have been improperly accessed by former customers in a credit card fraud scheme that postal officials said had bilked hundreds.

SOCIAL IN BRIEF 2/5 (Vietnam Net)
Buddhist and other art works will be on show in Ho Chi Minh City from Sunday until next Friday for the 2553rd anniversary of the Buddha s birth.

Fraud cases on the rise (KGWN-TV Cheyenne)
Wyoming and Northern Colorado's Better Business Bureau President and CEO Pam King says that fraud complaints in the Northern Colorado/ Wyoming area have increased by 48% from 2007-2008.

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Defense Focus: Age of wars -- Part 6 (Space War)
Washington (UPI) May 1, 2009 - The Indian army's dependence on very large numbers of relatively low trained soldiers to maintain border security and play a major, ongoing role in its counterinsurgency campaigns flies in the face of dominant U.S. military theories and fashions.

USPS Probes Security Breach (CBS News)
CBS News has learned of another data breach potentially compromising the personal information of thousands of people.

USPS Probes Security Breach (WBOC Salisbury)
UNDATED (CBS) - CBS News has learned of another data breach potentially compromising the personal information of thousands of people.

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Steps to Prevent Identity Theft, and What to Do if It Happens (New York Times)
Quick action is needed if an unusual charge shows up on a credit card statement or a thief opens an account in your name.

2 Columbus women sentenced in Va. immigration case (Local 12 Cincinnati)
Two Ohio women have been sentenced in Virginia for their roles in a scheme to obtain bogus identification cards for illegal immigrants.

Mom-daughter duo among indicted for ID theft ring (KING5 Seattle)
The five suspects used people's Social Security Numbers and date of births to open instant credit accounts at stores, then racked up more than $125,000 in charges.

Social Security recipients can expect stimulus checks (Gainesville Daily Register)

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Social Security recipients can expect stimulus checks (Gainesville Daily Register)
Hoping to get a government stimulus payment?For all but a segment of Americans, there will be no stimulus payments this year.Social security recipients are likely the only residents who will see individual payments from the Economic Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.The stimulus money is a fairly modest $250 payment for the nearly 55 million Social Security and Supplemental Security Income ...

Stimulus means extra $250 for each Social Security recipient (Honolulu Advertiser)
The federal economic stimulus package is expected to put about $50 million into the pockets of Social Security recipients in Hawai'i starting next month, according to AARP.

Billions in Social Security Not Being Claimed (US News & World Report)
Couples could collect nearly $10 billion more a year through better use of spousal benefits.

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