Posts Tagged ‘LifeLock promo code Defense’

Employees taking company data with them when they go

Thursday, February 26th, 2009

Ah, for the simpler time, when employers worried about their workers stealing pens. Now employees are taking company information with them when they leave, according to a new survey conducted by the Ponemon Institute. (more…)

Man uses wife’s identity to buy cars worth $183,000. Too bad she didn’t have LifeLock

Wednesday, November 26th, 2008

A man was arrested just outside Harrisburg, Penn., and charged with forging his wife’s signature on loan applications and insurance papers so he could buy six cars with a total value of more than $183,000, according to an announcement by Attorney General Tom Corbett.

Everett Frank was already imprisoned at the Pennsylvania State Correctional Institution at Camp Hill when agents from the Attorney General’s Insurance Fraud Section arrested him on the car-buying charges.

He was also already estranged from his wife, Michelle Frank. Neither situation is expected to see much improvement in the near future. (more…)

LifeLock keeps pace with identity thieves’ tactics

Tuesday, November 25th, 2008

Four men were arrested yesterday for their part in an audacious and sophisticated international identity theft scheme that scammed at least $2.5 million from dozens of banks.

They are accused of tapping into the home equity loan lines of credit of homeowners with plenty of credit available. The homeowners’ personal information was obtained from co-conspirators overseas, from public records or, in some cases, from gullible bank employees. (more…)