Financial identity theft is bad enough. But lesser-known medical identity theft could be even worse. This eye-opening report from the World Privacy Forum says it ...

Many parents assume identity theft can only happen to adults with bank accounts and credit cards. When it comes to their ...

Medical Identity Theft can cause both financial harm and health risks by inserting inaccurate information into a senior’s medical records. Seniors are urged to protect their Medicare numbers and avoid ...

(WJAR) — Any form of identity theft is bad, and can be a nightmare to clean up. But when it comes to medical identity theft, the repercussions can be downright dangerous! “This is something of which ...

Identity theft has become a top concern over the past decade, with an increasing number of Americans losing critical personal data that could compromise their safety. Among the surging threats, ...

“Medical identity theft is the new frontier for organized crime,” says Alex Johnson, a former FBI agent who investigates ...

Medical identity theft has been escalating dramatically where cybercriminals have found an industry ill-prepared to adequately protect itself from the onslaught. This article will briefly discuss the ...

Last February, Maija Lamberts opened her mailbox and, amid a handful of junk mail and coupon circulars, found a statement for a health-care credit card she'd never requested. Immediately, her scam ...

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Medical identity theft is a crime on the rise. Nearly 2.5 million cases were reported in 2014, an increase of 20 percent from the year before. A stolen medical identity can ...

The use of electronic medical records (EMR) has become the norm. Medical records have been catapulted into electronic form and into the cloud by the advent of cloud computing, distributed data, and ...

"Medicare Fraud of the Month for April" ALBANY, N.Y., April 10, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The New York StateWide Senior Action Council (StateWide), a 53-year-old non-profit organization dedicated to ...