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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.

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Two Texas police departments have successfully used live fingerprint scans to serve a warrant in conjunction with a 15-year-old murder case.

The Carrollton and Lewisville, Tex. police departments used Plano-based Mentalix Inc.’s Submit live scan system to nab the suspect, Danny Elenilson Osorio. Lewisville police officers stopped Osorio in March on suspicion of driving while intoxicated. Osorio gave a fake name and birth date, and police arrested him and took him to the Lewisville jail.

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The Hong Kong Police Force (HKPF) has awarded a 10-year contract to 3M Cogent to provide high-resolution LiveScan booking systems and biometric identification products, using tenprint and palm print scans in accordance with the HKPF’s ANSI/NIST standard.

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The Massachusetts Chiefs of Police Association and the Massachusetts Major City Chiefs have selected MorphoTrust Inc. to provide its anti-counterfeiting technology to the police departments throughout the state, according to a report in Mass High Tech.

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Singapore’s Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA) plans to implement a mobile biometric screening device system to help its inland enforcement operations combat illegal immigrants.

As reported in the Straits Times and Today Online, the ICA is investing in MAVIS, the Mobile Automated Verification and Identification System. The handheld system can perform ID and fingerprint and facial recognition biometrics screening without having to bring a suspect into an office.

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The Insurance Corporation of British Columbia breached the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act when it offered to help police agencies identify participants in the Vancouver riots following the city’s loss in the 2011 NHL Stanley Cup finals via their face recognition technology, according to a Canadian Underwriter article.

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Three University of Memphis students, using a stolen student ID card, bought snacks totaling $76.25 before they were arrested. They’ve been charged with fraudulent use of a debit card.

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