A rash of counterfeit bill passing has hit several different parts of the United States in the first quarter of 2005, potentially creating fodder for shredding companies.
In late February and early March, reports included fake bills being handed out by a grade schooler in Utah, several incidents of counterfeit bills being passed in southern Mississippi and charges filed against high school students in Connecticut for allegedly passing and making counterfeit bills.
COSTLY RENTAL
Dumpster diving may have paid off for some Dallas area identity thieves, to the detriment of local Blockbuster video rental customers.
A Dallas TV station has reported that store employees apparently have discarded personal account information into a trash bin behind the Ennis, Texas, Blockbuster. Police believe the suspects found 90 pages of credit card numbers inside the waste containers. Detectives have reportedly recovered only two of those pages, according to NBC-TV 5 in Dallas.
LEXISNEXIS, VERID ANNOUNCE ALLIANCE
LexisNexis and Verid have announced a strategic alliance to authenticate identity in phone and Internet transactions. The alliance also will help financial institutions with account opening procedures and with Section 326 Patriot Act compliance efforts.
Verid’s identification-authorization technology will be incorporated into LexisNexis RiskWise product site, which helps customers authenticate ID, asses risk and detect fraud. Using Verid technology, RiskWise will screen consumers with a series of personal questions derived from diverse data sources to authenticate ID within seconds.
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