Identity Theft in the News
US authorities charge 11 people over the alleged theft of credit card details in the country's largest ID theft case.
Police are targeting the theft of metal as the value of scrap continues to soar.
Should US deserters from Iraq be given refugee in Canada, the country that welcomed tens of thousands of Vietnam draft-dodgers?
The theft of a water firm's van and a worker's ID card raises fears bogus officials may target homes.
Large cash amounts are stolen from victims of identity theft whose credit cards and wallets were stolen in Surrey.
Four people are arrested following an investigation into the sale of fake documents including payslips and gas bills.
A small Hampshire town is among the hotspots for ID theft across the UK, according to a report.
Company directors or those running their own businesses are the most likely victims of ID theft, a report says.
Workers accused of theft or damage could soon find themselves blacklisted on a register to be shared among employers. It will be good for profits but campaigners say innocent people could find it impossible to get another job.
Family skeletons have been toppling out of closets since the searchable details of more than 200 years of Old Bailey trails went online last month. So how does it feel to idly type a name into a search box and be presented with more than you bargained for?
Three times more people than initially thought are affected by the theft of four stolen bank laptops.
Financial services firms need to do more to stem the rise in identity fraud, the Financial Services Authority warns.
Police in Stoke-on-Trent are warning people to be on their guard against bogus officials.
With ID fraud on the rise, the assumption is you'll lose money which can be claimed back. But Simon Bunce lost his job, and his father cut off contact, when he was arrested after an ID fraudster used his credit card details on a child porn website.
A horsebox is used by North Wales Police as their latest weapon in their campaign to cut down on speeding.
Here is the full text of a speech at Demos in London by Home Secretary Jacqui Smith on the identity card scheme on 6 March 2008
An alleged ID thief accused of killing a recluse was the leader Tiananmen Square students given political asylum in Britain.
People could be wasting thousands on "useless and expensive insurance", a consumer body warns.
Police investigate the theft of a laptop from a Royal Navy officer which had personal details of 600,000 people.
Three men are sentenced to nine months' imprisonment each for their roles in an international identity theft network called Shadowcrew.
