RegardingID Archive | Police combat toddler ID thefts

Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Imagine, at the age of 19, applying for a job only to find out you’ve been working since you were six. That’s what is coming to light, according to a Phoenix, Ariz. television station, which reports that “increasing numbers of …children are becoming victims of identity theft and families don’t often find out until it’s too late.”

For 19-year-old Vagillian Walters, it has made getting a job tough. “People would show up using my number and name, and I’m being questioned,” she said. “But in reality, it’s my number. I’m the real Vagillian Walters.” Detectives said more than a dozen names are attached to Walters’ Social Security number.

Just as the University of Georgia police were ending an investigation into a sophisticated fake ID ring, another student dealing in fake driver licenses came to light. The original ring, apparently run by students at the University of Georgia and Gainesville State College, had distributed more than 1,000 fake IDs to students at the two schools.

Police investigates more than 2,000 stolen emergency contact cards

Police are investigating more than 2,000 student emergency contact cards that were stolen from North Miami Beach Senior High School, according to a local news report. The cards hold students’ personal information, some including their social security numbers.

Morpho receives renewal with BPS

Morpho announced that the Botswana Police Service (BPS) has signed an agreement that will see Morpho providing two more years of maintenance and support for the agency’s automated fingerprint identification system (AFIS).

Pair using forged student IDs to obtain U-passes deported

A Chinese couple who used stolen identity information from students at Simon Fraser University in Canada to obtain TransLink U-Passes, have been deported.

Siyuan Gu and Jing Wang pleaded guilty in December to using the forged documents.

Fake Harvard student discovered by campus police

A 27-year-old man posing as a Harvard undergraduate student stayed in the dorms, ate in the school cafeteria and chatted with many Harvard students via Facebook before being found out by campus police. He was cited for trespassing and using a false identification card.

Schools combat cheating in extraordinary ways

Schools are going to drastic measures to combat on-campus cheating, according to an article posted at Assa Abloy’s Future Lab. Case in point is the testing center at Orlando-based University of Central Florida, the second largest school in the country.

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Police combat toddler ID thefts