[Ecommerce] Identity theft of FDIC employees leads to bank fraud, union says

[Jeff Williams]

All,

  I hate to say I told ya so...

http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0605/061705p1.htm

 Personal data including Social Security numbers on nearly 6,000 current
and former Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation employees was stolen
early last year, and some of the data has been used for fraudulent
purposes.

A June 10 letter from the director of the agency's administration
division states that the "unauthorized released" of the information
included data on all FDIC employees that were in an official pay status
since July 2002. There are about 5,200 current workers. The stolen data
included names, birthdays, salaries, Social Security numbers and length
of service information. The FBI and the agency's Office of Inspector
General are investigating the theft.
In a few of those cases, the letter states, "this information is known
to have been used to obtain fraudulent loans from a credit union."

Regards,
--
Jeffrey A. Williams
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