Credit bureaus fight consumer-ordered freezes
June 27, 2007
USA TODAY
By Byron Acohido and Jon Swartz, USA TODAY
Find the original copy of this article here.
SEATTLE – Wearing his trademark bow tie, Eric Ellman goes to work every day prepared to explain why identity theft isn’t as big a threat as people think.
His logic has often found friendly ears in Washington, D.C., where Ellman, a lobbyist for the Consumer Data Industry Association (CDIA), champions the interests of the Big Three credit bureaus: Experian, Equifax and TransUnion.
The CDIA has been …More
TJX data theft leads to money-laundering scam
June 12, 2007
USA TODAY
June 12, 2007
By Jon Swartz and Byron Acohido, USA TODAY
Find the original copy of this article here:
JACKSONVILLE – Last fall, 19-year-old Irving Escobar crisscrossed northern and central Florida using counterfeit credit cards to buy stacks of $400 gift cards from Wal-Mart stores, cashing them in to buy TVs, PCs and jewelry from Wal-Mart subsidiary Sam’s Clubs in south Florida.
The scam was easy money: Escobar and several Miami-based accomplices traveled in rental cars to the state’s Wal-Mart stores, according …More