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A person wears an Anonymous Guy Fawkes mask. (credit: Mehdi Fedouach/AFP/Getty Images)

Dallas “Anonymous Hacktivist” Declared Competent For Trial

A Dallas man with ties to the hacking group Anonymous has been declared mentally competent to stand trial as he faces three separate federal indictments.

2013/01/30

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Police: Pair Of Identity Thieves Targeting North Texas Elderly

Investigators in North Texas are looking for a couple they say are taking elderly people’s credit cards by luring them away from their homes.

KRLD–2012/08/23

The company's logo hangs over a RadioShack store on February 17, 2006 in Chicago, Illinois.(credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Former RadioShack Worker Jailed For ID Theft

A former RadioShack call center worker has been sentenced to more than six years in prison for identity theft, using information to file false income tax returns and claim refunds.

2012/07/24

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Granbury Kids Arrested For Fake Facebook Page

A fake Facebook page led to the arrest of two middle school students in Hood County. Investigators said the girls set up the page posing as another classmate and used it for two months to bully her and ruin her reputation among other students.

2012/07/18

President Barack Obama speaks after touring Allison Transmission in Indianapolis, Indiana on May 6, 2011. (credit: JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images)

Atmos Energy Warns About Utility Bill Scam

Atmos Energy has warned customers that President Barack Obama will not be paying their bills, despite scheming claims that Obama is providing credits or directly paying for utilities.

2012/05/18

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Online Teacher ID Theft Becoming More Common

The executive director of the United Educators Association says he is seeing a growing trend of teachers being impersonated online and students hacking into the Facebook and Twitter accounts of instructors.

2012/05/07

Credit cards are displayed in this photo illustration. (credit: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)

Man Who Stole 16,000 Identities Gets Prison Time

A man has been sentenced to federal prison for stealing about 16,000 identities — including those of U.S. soldiers — and using their credit cards.

2011/09/16

A Michaels store logo is seen on a shopping cart. (credit: Tim Boyle/Getty Images)

Michaels Customers May Have Had Info Exposed

Michaels says the PIN pads at stores in 20 states were tampered with, potentially exposing customer’s credit and debit card information.

2011/05/12

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