Fired CPS Employee Charged With Stealing Database Containing Files On 70,000 People
Kristi Sims, 28, has been charged with one count of aggravated computer tampering, and four counts of identity theft.
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Kristi Sims, 28, has been charged with one count of aggravated computer tampering, and four counts of identity theft.
When Chicago Public Schools fired an employee recently, she left her job with more than just her final paycheck.
You may have had your personal information exposed along with 143 million others as part of that Equifax data hack. And, you probably froze your credit to protect yourself.
Illinois residents fall victim to identity theft more often than the rest of America, and habitual procrastinators who wait to file their taxes are particularly at risk, according to a new report.
"Spearfishing," a growing sophisticated email scam, specifically targets government or corporate employees who manage payroll.
Scammers are latching onto a relatively easy way to steal your identity by using a loophole in the post office's change-of-address system.
There's a clear tip-off to a rip-off -- anyone asking you to wire them money.
Police said the trio might be connected to as many as 16 carjackings since Halloween.
The Atlanta-based company said that "criminals" exploited a U.S. website application to access files between mid-May and July of this year.
Oscar Garrett, 55, is accused of obtaining fraudulent Illinois tax returns in the names of more than a dozen clients between 2011 and 2015.
A south suburban woman was sentenced to more than four years in prison for stealing personal information from hospital patients in an identity fraud scheme.
Consumer debt and identity theft continue to be the top sources of complaints to the Illinois attorney general.
Two Waukegan men have been charged with burglarizing vehicles in Gurnee and using a stolen credit card at a fast food restaurant.
Two people are facing charges after they tried to charge thousands of dollars' worth of products to others' AT&T accounts at a north suburban Apple store.
The Schaumburg resident was indicted Jan. 12 on 59 felonies including theft, identity theft and financial institution fraud.
Three Orlando residents were charged with identity theft after flying to Chicago and allegedly committing about $20,000 in credit card fraud in north suburban Gurnee.
The Hotel Chicago Downtown, a Marriott hotel at 333 N. Dearborn St., was the only hotel in Chicago among those that might have been hacked.
Donella Anderson Watkins, 43, and her husband Sammie, 56, submitted fake death certificates for their living children and stole the identity of former coworkers in order to withdraw money from their accounts without incurring a tax penalty, according to a statement from the state's attorney general's office.
The CBS 2 Investigators found efforts are being made, but much more needs to be done.
An Elgin hairdresser has been charged with using an elderly woman's credit card number for fertility vitamins and donor sperm to get herself pregnant.
A suburban hair stylist is charged with six felonies after being accused of stealing a customer's credit card information and going on a months-long spending spree, reports WBBM's Mike Krauser.
A massive breach of medical records containing confidential personal information has prompted both federal and state investigations.
A Near West Side man stopped in traffic Tuesday faces a myriad of charges after police executed a search warrant at his home that night and found weapons, heroin and various credit card counterfeiting devices and altered credit cards.
A Chicago woman was billed for psychiatric services she purportedly received at Stroger Hospital. CBS 2's Dave Savini investigates.
As consumers scramble to protect their credit and debit card information in the wake of a stream of data breaches at major retailers, one group is voluntarily giving out their personal information.
