ICE has uncovered a massive identity theft scheme led by illegal immigrants and possibly tied to organized criminal networks following a workplace raid at a meatpacking plant in Omaha.

Identity theft affects more than 16 million Americans each year to the tune of $24.7 billion, according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics. It is the single largest type of property crime.

Credit Card Identity Theft surged from 101,461 cases in Q1 2024 to 151,608 cases in Q1 2025, with the majority linked to unauthorized applications for new accounts.

A man is charged with identity theft after he bought $100,000 of merchandise from Pittsburgh-area stores and sold the items at a discount, the Pa. attorney general says.

The Identity Theft Resource Center’s 2024 report indicated that victim notices increased by 312% from 419 million notices in 2023 to 1,728,519,397 in 2024. Last year, the financial services ...

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“We’re all to blame,” I said. I believe that breaches, and the identity theft that flows from them, have become the third certainty in life, right behind death and taxes.

HOUSTON COUNTY, Ga. — An identity theft ring in Houston County is accused of stealing money from over a dozen Central Georgians in a sophisticated operation involving forged IDs, debit cards ...