Weekend I.D. Theft Blotter

The following are this week's stories related to identity theft:

• Bank manager uses colleague's password to access and steal funds from bank customers' accounts (see Royal Bank manager stole £24,000 with colleague's password),
• Nursing aide admits stealing I.D. of 92-year-old man she cared for to open charge accounts (see Home care worker admits to stealing man's identity),
• Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation to notify real estate licensees of breach of security on a state server containing their names, Social Security numbers, employer I.D. numbers (see Breach compromises licensees' information),
• Adult home owner charged with stealing nearly $1,000 from a dependent resident by using ATM card and PIN information (see Unlicensed adult home owner arrested for stealing from resident),
• List containing personal info of City of Lynchburg employees makes it onto website for over a week unti discovered & taken down (see Identity Theft Scare Hits Lynchburg).