Md. Identity theft law, gay marriage take effect

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: December 26, 2012
Tags: General Assembly, identity theft, Law, maryland

ANNAPOLIS — A Maryland law enabling parents to better protect their children from identity theft is among several taking effect next week. Same-sex marriage also will be allowed in Maryland next week, and another new law taking effect on Tuesday will allow veterans to have their veteran status shown on their driver’s license. The child [...]

Md. man sentenced in ID-theft scheme

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: July 27, 2012
Tags: brentwood, Ibraheem Majekodunmi, identity theft, Keith Parker, Lawrence I. Green, Prince George's County, scam

UPPER MARLBORO — A Maryland man has been sentenced to six years in prison as part of an identity theft-scam involving 50 victims. The Washington Post reports that 45-year-old Lawrence I. Green of Brentwood and others from the Maryland and the District of Columbia have pleaded guilty to stealing information to access bank accounts and [...]

Md. passes measure to address child identity theft

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: April 12, 2012
Tags: Annapolis, bill, children, credit agencies, del. craig zucker, gov. martin o'malley, identity theft, Law, legislation, maryland, maryland CASH, maryland child identity lock bill, O'Malley, parents, social security number
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ANNAPOLIS — As more and more children are having their credit ratings damaged by identity theft before they think of borrowing a dime, Maryland lawmakers have approved a first-of-its-kind measure to enable parents to take steps to protect their kids. The Maryland Child Identity Lock bill, which a spokeswoman for Gov. Martin O’Malley says he [...]

2 Maryland men plead guilty in identity theft ring

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: October 19, 2011
Tags: access device fraud, aggravated identity theft, alexandria, alexandria virginia, anthony thomas, identity theft, maryland, raoul lycorish, washington

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Prosecutors say two Maryland men have pleaded guilty to being involved in an identity theft ring involving more than 250 victims in the Washington area. Twenty-six-year-old Anthony Thomas and 27-year-old Raoul Lycorish pleaded guilty on Tuesday to conspiring to commit access device fraud and aggravated identity theft. They are both scheduled to [...]

Ex-waiter in Laurel charged in credit card scam

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: August 12, 2011
Tags: Baltimore, brian keith adams, conspiracy to commit theft, credit card, credit card scam, elkridge, identity theft, indicted, Laurel, prince george's county state's attorney angela alsobrooks, secret service, TGI Friday's, theft, upper marlboro, waiter
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UPPER MARLBORO — Authorities say a former waiter at a TGI Friday’s restaurant in Laurel has been indicted on charges he copied and sold the numbers of 73 credit cards. Prince George’s County State’s Attorney Angela Alsobrooks said in a news conference that 21-year-old Brian Keith Adams of Elkridge was indicted Thursday on 16 charges, [...]

Weis Markets receipts settlement capped at $2M

BY: Steve Lash
POSTED: August 2, 2011
Tags: Credit and Debit Card Receipt Clarification Act, credit card numbers, customers, Duane Morris LLP, Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act, federal class action lawsuit, federal trade commission, identity theft, information, privacy, receipts, social security numbers, U.S. District Court Judge Marvin J. Garbis, Weis Markets Inc.

Weis Markets Inc. could pay up to $2 million under a settlement of a federal class action lawsuit that claimed the supermarket left customers vulnerable to identity theft by unlawfully printing too much information on their credit- or debit-card receipts. The settlement includes more than $500,000 in attorney’s fees and expenses, plus store certificates of [...]

Four accused of stealing patient IDs at UMMC

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: July 15, 2011
Tags: devin smith, grand jury, identity theft, indictment, kenneth mcdowell, U.S. Attorney Rod Rosenstein, university of maryland medical center, wendy hinton, william white

A federal grand jury has indicted a former employee of the University of Maryland Medical Center and three others in what prosecutors say was a scheme to steal patients’ identities. Officials say the indictment was unsealed Thursday following the arrests of the hospital worker, 47-year-old Kenneth Elliott McDowell, as well as 21-year-old Wendy Hinton and [...]

Ex-NBA player rep admits to income tax evasion, mortgage fraud

BY: Ben Mook
POSTED: March 20, 2011
Tags: false information, identity theft, maryland, misappropriation, mortgage fraud, Nathan A. Peake, NBA, obstruction of justice, Peake Management Group Inc., player representative, plea deal, silver spring, steve francis, tax evasion

A Silver Spring man who has represented an NBA All-Star and is a partner in a growing urban clothing line now faces up to 10 years in prison for cheating the government out of more than $1 million in income taxes and providing false information on mortgage loans over the last nine years. Nathan A. [...]

Gary S. Williams: Long-distance care giving requires careful planning

BY: Gary S. Williams
POSTED: December 26, 2010
Tags: aarp, caregiving, elderly, Gary S. Williams, identity theft, long-distance care giving, MetLife Foundation, National Alliance for Caregivers, National Association of Professional Geriatric Care Managers, senior citizens

As older friends and relatives increasingly need our help, it’s not always possible for us to move back to personally oversee their care. The same goes for younger loved ones who face sudden illness or injury that robs them of their ability to care for themselves. How can we best be in charge when we [...]