San Carlos Postal Worker Arrested For Stealing Mail, Identities
A San Francisco Bay area postal worker is facing charges that he stole thousands of pieces of mail to obtain credit cards that he then gave out to friends.
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A San Francisco Bay area postal worker is facing charges that he stole thousands of pieces of mail to obtain credit cards that he then gave out to friends.
The manager of an assisted-living facility in Mill Valley who was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of fraud, identity theft and financial elder abuse of a resident is scheduled to be arraigned in Marin County Superior Court on Christmas Eve.
A Clovis man wanted on several warrants was arrested after he fell from a San Rafael roof while attempting to evade police on Tuesday night, police said.
In this age of electronic this and digital that, you'd think notaries would be on the verge of being written off.
Smartphones, as sophisticated as any laptop or desktop computer, are also just as thorough in retaining all sorts of personal information that can be mined by others who buy a used phone.
A Michigan man's discovery that someone was using his identity to obtain medical benefits in California uncovered a decades-long scam, San Francisco police said Friday.
A longtime friend of Coco Crisp was convicted Thursday of 14 counts of fraud and identity theft for running up about $30,000 on the Oakland Athletics outfielder's credit card without his permission.
CALPIRG has released a report that puts the Golden State at the top when it comes to ID theft complaints, but they have some tips on how to protect yourself.
A Berkeley High School safety officer has been charged with one count of felony identity theft for allegedly stealing bank account information from a special education teacher and using it to pay his utility bills.
Attorney General Kamala Harris said the unit will be in charge of identifying and prosecuting identity theft, cybercrimes and other crimes involving the use of technology.
The South Bay Blue Star Moms, a group that sends care packages to soldiers, was one of the credit card users hit by the recent Lucky card skimming scam.
A Lucky supermarket in San Leandro is the 24th Northern California store victimized by a credit and debit card-skimming operation.
More than 100 employees and customers have had their identities stolen at Bay Area Lucky supermarkets by thieves who tampered with the credit and debit card readers in self checkout lines, according to the company.
A Salinas woman hired by a Carmel family through an online service to assist in their home was arrested in Monterey County on suspicion of stealing the family's financial information and using it to pay her bills and buy a new car.
Some customers of an East Bay restaurant supply store told CBS 5 that their credit card accounts were hacked.
Two women convicted of identity theft told CBS 5 the secrets behind their trade. To avoid being a victim, an expert reveals some red flags to watch out for.
More than 1,400 California inmates are behind bars for identity theft. Two women who made a career of stealing personal information agreed to reveal their tricks to CBS 5 ConsumerWatch.
Fremont Bank has become the first on the West Coast to offer security-enhanced debit cards with information stored on a chip instead of on a magnetic stripe. It's called CertiFlash technology.
Two Southern California men were arrested in Pleasant Hill on Sunday on suspicion of cloning hundreds of ATM cards, police said.
A Hayward woman has been charged with 22 felony counts in connection with a large-scale and sophisticated identity theft operation, law enforcement officials said Monday.
Michael's Arts and Crafts has announced it would replace the debit card processing machines in all its stores nationwide because of a security breech.
Sony Corp. Chief Executive Howard Stringer apologized for "inconvenience and concern" caused by the security breach that compromised personal data from more than 100 million online gaming accounts.
Consumer complaints against debt collection agencies soared last year, with many coming from people who say they were falsely accused.
Sony Corp. said Tuesday that the credit card data of PlayStation users around the world may have been stolen in a hack that forced it to shut down its PlayStation Network for the past week.
A high tech crime task force in San Jose specializing in identity theft and intellectual property investigations might lose its $2 million funding if the California vehicle license fee expires, authorities said.
