Weekend I.D. Theft Blotter

I stumbled into these identity theft related stories that caught my eye:

• Used computer donated by Illinois city contains names and social security numbers of about 130 city employees (see Identity Theft Scare or watch WCIA-TV Channel 3 Video report),
• Woman discovers she's an I.D theft victim when hospital bills her $17,000 for surgery she never had (see Hospital bill alerts woman to identity theft),
• Computer hackers set up shop next door to Internet cafes; set up "evil twin" websites to lure victims (see NBC2 Investigates: New forms of identity theft or watch NBC2-TV Video Report),
• Anne Arundel (Maryland) Police Community Relations Council is holding a countywide document shredding event on May 12, 2007 (see Shred-a-rama to protect against identity theft - County will set up free shredding machines),
• Children, ages 3 weeks and 7 years, victims of I.D. theft; victims under 18 increasing every year (see ID Theft: A Growing Problem For Children or watch Video - Child ID theft),
• NYC airline employees charged with using stolen passengers' credit card information to run up charges (see JetBlue Workers Charged In Identity Theft Scam or watch Video - JetBlue ID Theft Scam),
• I.D info stolen by office temp while working at insurance company used to borrow $12K to buy motorcycle (see Charges filed against man accused of identity theft),
• School administrator accused of stealing co-worker's identity; caught writing herself check for $3,500 in co-worker's name, resigns her position (see School administrator will likely avoid jail in identity theft case),
• 2007 list with personal info of about 450 graduates of local Texas college accidentally put in server easily accessible on public computers on campus, (see ID theft a concern for Montgomery College students - Identity theft a worry after data is put on an open server on campus)

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