Re: [privacy] Disk With Personal Data on 2.9M Georgians Lost

["Dude VanWinkle" <dudevanwinkle () gmail com>]

On 4/10/07, Dave Dittrich <dittrich () u washington edu> wrote:
> Dude VanWinkle wrote:
> > On 4/10/07, Fergie <fergdawg () netzero net> wrote:
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> > >
> > > Via PhysOrg.com (AP).
> > >
> > > [snip]
> > >
> > > A disk containing the names, birth dates and Social Security numbers of 2.9
> > > million Medicaid and children's health care recipients is missing
> >
> > Well, at least theiving the identity/credit rating of sick children on
> > medicare is not a very profitable venture... unless you are an
> > insurance company.
>
> Or if you want to set up accounts and take out loans in the
> name of some kid who will not notice it for over a decade...
>
> http://www.mortgagefraud.org/display/ShowJournal?moduleId=78225&categoryId=15957
>
> D'oh!

http://www.mortgagefraud.org/journal/2006/7/20/man-indicted-allegedly-used-childs-name-to-get-mortgage.html

thanks for the link!

does anyone else find the charge of " aggravated identity theft" apt,
yet funny, or is it just me?

-J
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