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Man allegedly stole identities of 90 pro baseball players
Posted on Dec 21, 2006 by Tom Fragala
AP via ESPN.com has the story. The theft happened via dumpster diving, which is what many so-called expert cite as the most common and dangerous threat. Sure, it’s a well-known, maybe even common, but it’s totally overrated. There’s so many other places our sensitive data resides.
Fix said a search of Dright's home Tuesday turned up personal information on retired and current ball players, including Chicago's Thome and New York's Alou. He's suspected of stealing the identities of almost 90 players, Lake County authorities said.
The information apparently came from trash bins outside Northbrook, Ill.-based SFX Baseball Inc., a sports agency headed by Pat Rooney and Fern Cuza that represents major and minor league players.
Dright allegedly went into trash bins outside SFX and took the personal information, Fix said. Evidence was found inside Dright's apartment after another man complained that Dright stole his identity, she said.
Filed under: Identity Theft
Tags: identitytheft, idtheft
Comments
ed dickson on Dec 22, 2006
Good point about our information residing in too many places, but the crooks will always frequent the easiest places to steal information, also.
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