COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — If you are a victim of identity theft, there is now one less protection in place. An important reporting resource, almost five weeks into the government shutdown, cannot be ...

A bill from Reps. Pete Sessions and Bill Foster would task the Treasury secretary with doling out fraud prevention grants to states to develop digital IDs that meet NIST standards.

It’s Identity Theft Awareness Week. In Wisconsin, to help consumers and taxpayers protect themselves from identity theft, the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection and Department of ...

The Government Accountability Office estimates that federal programs could lose between 233 billion and 521 billion dollars ...

Federal officials are scrambling to contain the fallout from a massive Social Security data exposure that has thrust millions ...

By Libby Anderson Rowan Public Library Rowan Public Library will host a free informational program, Consumer Fraud and ...

A new bill would establish a grant program that helps states modernize their identity systems, develop digital IDs, and protect against deepfake attacks.

Identity theft reports surpassed 2024 totals within the first nine months of 2025, as scam-driven fraud losses climbed ...

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As digital defenses strengthen, fraudsters are pivoting to the phone channel, requiring agencies to shift from warning ...

W A S H I N G T O N, June 18 -- The number of identity thefts reported by U.S. banks and other financial institutions more than doubled in 2000 from the previous year, the government said. There were ...

Identity theft reports rose by 9% nationwide last year, representing the first year-over-year increase in identity theft reports since 2021. Florida residents reported the most issues of any state in ...