Prosecutors say she forged lab reports and bank records to keep grant funding for her research after it was questioned. She says the state is charging a ‘fictitious person’ and colluding with her former attorneys.
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Etna man ordered to pay $175,000 for stealing dead brother’s identity
Napoleon Gonzalez, 87, was given 5 months of probation and will not have to serve any time behind bars.
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You may soon get to say g**dby# to annoying password rules
Many websites require password habits that actually don’t keep you safer. Neither special characters nor frequent password resets really help security.
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IRS delays in resolving identity theft cases are ‘unconscionable,’ independent watchdog says
An independent watchdog within the IRS reports that while taxpayer services have vastly improved, the agency is still too slow to resolve identity theft cases
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Major data breach involving 2 Maine firms headed to court
BerryDunn, a Portland accounting firm, and Reliable Networks of Biddeford are trading blame about who is responsible for the breach that resulted in the theft of personal information ranging from Social Security numbers to medical data of more than a million people.