In 2014, nearly 9 million patient health records were breached in 164 reported incidents. By March 2015, that number had increased tenfold. In fact, it is estimated that one in three health records ...

PeopleFinders reports tax identity theft is on the rise in the U.S., with Florida, California, and Georgia among the top targets for fraud.

Tax-related identity theft occurs when stolen Social Security numbers are used to file fraudulent returns and claim refunds. According to an interim report by the Treasury Inspector General For Tax ...

The seven types of identity theft are financial, medical, tax, employment, child, criminal and synthetic.

HOUSTON — We are learning more about previous problems involving a funeral home in Houston's Third Ward, which is now the center of an identity theft investigation being conducted by Houston police.

In the end, the best response to the mushrooming identity-theft problem plaguing the nation's banks can be found where personal banking begins: the new-accounts desk. That humble post, often falling ...

An investigation by CBS News California Investigates has uncovered mounting allegations that stolen identities are being used to create fraudulent Uber driver accounts, raising questions about ...

Employment-related identity theft is on the rise. Victims may not find out until tax season.

An appeals court says a high school teacher whose identity was stolen has no legal remedy against her arresting officer or a department store where a check bearing her name was passed. One June ...