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Canadian Man Blames Lost Chrysler Data Tape For Irrational Identity Theft Fears

A man from the Canadian city-to-the-south-of-Detroit, Windsor, Ontario, is miffed at Chrysler (or more likely Chrysler Financial Canada) for losing a data tape and potentially making the possibility of identity theft happen sooner rather than later. Seems a tape containing the names, addresses and Social Insurance Numbers of some Canuckian Chrysler lessees was lost in transport by UPS. The carrier informed Chrysler of the loss by March 12th, and in turn, letters to folks with compromised identities were sent by March 27th. This chap from Windsor didn't get his note till April 21st and it's rubbing him the wrong way. More »

9:40 AM on Thu Apr 24 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
2,205 views, 37 comments

Latest by n/a: Would anyone like to join a Class Action suit? To join, please provide me with your contact information via email. I am a student-at-law with Merchant Law Group. Please email me at: lmercier@merchantlaw.com more »

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Houston Stripper Steals Identity, Buys Cars

This little ray of sunshine is Stacy Marie Oberley, a 28-year-old stripper who lives in Houston. Normally a delicate flower such as this wouldn't merit scrutiny, but apparently Miss Stacy Marie has been a bad girl. Not only is she on probation for narcotics trafficking, but she has stolen the identity of an autistic woman and used it to buy luxury cars. Dainty. According to police, she used the Social Security number to purchase a Maserati CoupĂ© and some form of 2006 BMW. While police have recovered the Maserati, they have yet to find either the BMW or Miss Oberley, but we're sure they have a couple ideas on where she might be. More »

9:40 AM on Tue Apr 15 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
2,976 views, 60 comments

Latest by milo_carrera: @badco/LoJ: As a software engineer, I agree completely...when I'm not sitting in front of my record player watching the disc go round and round. more »

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Blue Cross Employees Need To NEVER Leave Social Security Numbers In Their Cars!

Ok, seriously — if you work for an insurance company in any capacity, you need to not leave any personal information for the people who pay for insurance at your company in your car, ready to be stolen. Like the Blue Cross employee who forced the insurance netwoek to notify
"262 subscribers that personal information, including Social Security numbers — about them and 298 of their dependents — were taken March 31 from [the] employee's car at a Downriver location that Blue Cross officials declined to name."
Luckily most of the subscribers are from southeast Michigan, and have the resources in the form of money and time... More »

3:59 PM on Mon Apr 9 2007
By Ray Wert
1,938 views, 5 comments

Latest by timmus: 1. Why is a car blog covering this story? 2. Looking at Google News, the only other news outlet on this story is Detroit Free Press. Is the media asleep at the switch again? more »

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GM Employees Put The Social In Social Security

Is it possible for things to be worse for a GM employee? How about if you are one of 100 GM workers that a Michigan man targeted in a plot to commit identity theft? Yeah, then it could be worse. More »

10:45 PM on Tue Mar 14 2006
By Ray Wert
76 views, 2 comments