No matter whose figures are used, identity theft affects millions of people a year. The identity theft information website, www.identitytheft.info, keeps a running total of victims. On Thursday, it was up to 14,041,201. A recent report issued by the Bureau ...

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ESL Federal Credit Union is offering a free identity theft seminar as one of its Financial Literacy Workshops.

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Brandi Harris, 33, of Rochester, has been sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge David G. Larimer to three years in prison for bank fraud and aggregated identity theft. Harris was also ordered to pay restitution totaling $5,312.93.

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Vincent Howard, 39, of Rochester, has was sentenced by U.S. District Judge David G. Larimer to five years in prison for conviction of bank fraud and aggravated identity theft.

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A criminal complaint was issued against Robert Jones, 26, of Orchard Park, charging him with identity theft, according to U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr.

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NEW YORK CITY — A lawyer was sentenced Thursday to six months in jail after being convicted of an ultramodern crime that was all about antiquity: using online aliases to harass people in an academic debate about the Dead Sea Scrolls.

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NEW YORK CITY — A New York lawyer was sentenced Thursday to six months in jail for an ultramodern crime that was all about antiquity: using online aliases to harass people in an academic debate about the Dead Sea Scrolls.

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The Federal Trade Commission has urged the D.C. Circuit to reverse a district court ruling that held that regulations designed to combat identity theft don’t apply to attorneys.

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Many small businesses have delayed implementing the identity theft “red flags” rules despite the approaching June 1 deadline — not because they don’t know about them, but because there have been so many extensions ...

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State police officials say Senior Investigator Joseph Commisso, Investigator Alan Harshany and Trooper Joseph Raimondi will receive awards from the federal agency during ...

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The Federal Trade Commission has appealed a U.S. District Court decision that said regulations designed to combat identity theft cannot be enforced against attorneys.

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