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A veteran flight attendant worked for United for 23 years using a false identity, federal court complaint says
Investigators say Ricardo Guedes was born in Brazil in 1972 but used a dead child's identity in 199…
Taylor Rains
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My name was stolen for a fake article that was most likely written by AI
Iris Dorbian's name was on a story about restaurants in New Mexico. She didn't write it, but she th…
Iris Dorbian
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How to track and block your lost smartphones using the Sanchar Saathi portal
Smartphones have become an integral part of our lives, and many of us spend a lot on smartphones. T…
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How to block your lost or stolen phone and how to unblock it
Losing a phone somewhere or having it stolen can be quite painful, especially when you are spending…
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Data of 6 lakh Indians sold on 'bot' markets for nearly ₹490 each
As data-harvesting malware or bots flourish, data of at least 6 lakh Indians have been stolen and s…
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8 people charged with stealing 19 rental cars worth $1.1 million in an identity fraud scheme
An indictment said Tyrell Oliver reserved cars with fake IDs and stolen credit card information and…
Ryan Hogg
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A Van Gogh painting stolen from a Dutch museum was handed to an art detective in an Ikea bag after being missing for years
An unidentified man returned a Van Gogh painting three and a half years after it was stolen from a …
Thibault Spirlet
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As a trans woman in my 20s, 'Gilmore Girls' made me realize just how much of my girlhood was stolen from me
I started watching "Gilmore Girls" as a 20-year-old, and as a trans woman, I found myself really re…
Sarah Guinevere Smit
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Mississippi paid out $118 million in improper unemployment claims, largely due to fraud and stolen identities
A Mississippi audit found 5.5% of stimulus unemployment claims were incorrect or fraudulent in 2020…
Ayelet Sheffey
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T-Mobile store owner in the US made millions by unlocking cellphones with stolen credentials
According to the US Department of Justice, Argishti Khudaverdyan, 44, has been found guilty by a…
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A woman said she bought a stylish set of chairs for $100 from a Facebook Marketplace seller but discovered they were likely stolen from McDonald's
The TikTok user @martressler said she found it odd when the seller promptly deleted his Facebook pr…
Geoff Weiss
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A Texas man used an Apple AirTag to track down his stolen truck and shoot and kill the suspected thief, police say
The San Antonio Police Department said the shooter tracked the car to a shopping center lot and int…
Aaron McDade
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The FBI is warning that House lawmakers and hundreds of their staff had their personal information stolen due to a data breach at an online health insurance marketplace
Thousands of people's personal information may have been exposed due to a data breach at DC Health …
Lloyd Lee
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My Holocaust-surviving grandparents were stripped of their German citizenship by the Nazis. 80 years on, I'm one of the hundreds of Jews who have decided to reclaim it in 2021.
Since 2016, more than 7,000 British people of Jewish heritage have applied for German citizenship. …
Joshua Zitser
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Man says Apple was 'incredibly unhelpful' when he tried to regain access to his account after his iPhone was stolen and replaced with a fake
Trent said Apple's inaction despite proving his identity was "incredibly frustrating, especially be…
Sam Tabahriti
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A twin who survived Auschwitz shares how a doctor experimented on her and her identical sister and tried to get them pregnant with other twins
Annetta Able, now 99, said she and her identical twin sister, Stephanie Heller, were subjected to h…
Jane Ridley
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Stolen checks, fraudulent activity: three major trade association PACs fell victim to theft in what's become a political epidemic
The PACs of the National Association of Manufacturers, National Association of Home Builders, and C…
Madison Hall
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A 33-year-old identity thief who bought a diamond-encrusted bitcoin pendant and stole half a million dollars gets 3 years in prison
The suspect acquired credit card information from "carding websites" on the dark web to carry out h…
Shalini Nagarajan
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A Venezuelan ring is accused of stealing over $800,000 worth of stimulus checks during the pandemic
Federal officials have so far charged one Venezuelan in Florida with identity theft and conspiring …