WASHINGTON (AP) ? The government received twice as many complaints about identity theft last year over 2001, with victims reporting hijacked credit cards, drained bank accounts and tarnished ...

Reports of identity theft topped the list of consumer complaints to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission in 2010, the 11th straight year that ID theft has been at the top, the agency said Tuesday. The ...

Good credit is critical when applying for a mortgage and identity theft has become more of a problem for Washington state consumers seeking timely and accurate credit records. Identity theft topped ...

Identity theft remained top of mind among U.S. consumers last year, but complaints about Internet auction fraud dropped noticeably, according to data released Wednesday by the U.S. Federal Trade ...

Internet fraud complaints are up almost 15 percent from last year, and though ID theft remains the top issue, its percentage of all claims is down from last year Identity theft remained top of mind ...