The cost of giving away personal information


Read this news and think twice about giving away personal information and ID to strangers. If people you knew can scam you by identity theft, so could total strangers. 

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SAN FRANCISCO — LAWFUEL - US Law Newswire - United States Attorney Scott N. Schools announced that Christina Kyeonghee Kim pleaded guilty today to 48 counts of fraud in connection with an identity-theft scheme that caused more than $1 million in losses, which the defendant admitted she spent on luxury items.

"This crime involved exploiting the Social Security numbers and other very personal information of people who trusted the defendant, including her relatives and college students who worked at her restaurant," USA Schools said. "Abusing other people’s identities is a very serious offense, as is the defrauding of financial institutions. This Office will prosecute these crimes—and all other white-collar offenses—to the fullest extent of the law."




Comments (1)

Said this on 1-25-2011 At 04:42 am

This is indeed a serious crime. It involves a lot of people and she even exploited the college students who were working in order to get through college and worst even her relatives. She abused the information that she had access to. For big companies, they have important documents shredded in order to protect the employees- for shredding~ http://www.texas-shredding.com. In this case she exploited the people close to her when she could have protected them. It is a good thing that she was charged.

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