Identity Theft

If you purchased a mobile phone or secured a phone plan at a Texas Walmart in recent months check your paperwork for potential fraud and ID theft.

A study reveals that 28% of Texas population is six times more likely to be targeted for a scam. You might be surprised to see who makes up that 28%.

A shoplifting arrest at Buc-ee’s led to the discovery of a USPS worker’s identity theft scheme involving stolen mail, credit cards, and driver’s licenses from Alabama residents.

Thousands of Louisiana residents have had their social security information compromised. Here's how to verify if your information was part of the data breach.

Was your information part of a data breach that affected millions of Texans? Here's how to verify if your details were in that data breach and what to do if they were.

Louisiana law enforcement officials are working to stop the surge in card skimmer thefts. Sheriff's deputies have made arrests.

The Lafayette Police Department and Lafayette Crime Stoppers are searching for a woman who allegedly stole someone's identity and has been using it to open accounts in various stores around town.

The Federal Trade Commission has identified two Louisiana towns as hot beds for crimes such as credit card fraud and ID theft. Those two towns have one really big thing in common.

Information from the completed investigation has found the numbers are higher than anyone previously thought.

After a cyber attack on Louisiana's Office of Motor Vehicles in late May of 2023, an investigation into the hack has revealed that more information was exposed by the hackers than previously thought.

For a state that's considered to be quite poor, Louisiana residents sure get taken to the cleaners by con artists and thieves!

A Louisiana fast food worker has been accused of photographing customers' credit cards and personal information while working the drive-thru window.

Nearly 400 metro areas across the country, and Lafayette ranked fifth-worst. Per 100,000 people, there were 1,212 reports.

Credit card skimmers have resurfaced at some Louisiana gas stations. Here's how to protect your identity and your money.

It was almost like the bad guys were taking the cash right out of the trash.

The university says it is mailing letters to the people involved to inform them of the possibility that personal information is on the stolen computer.

You never know where the bad guys are lurking. They might be at the grocery store or inside your bag of french fries.

The past year has given rise to the installation of skimmers at ATM's, and Pay at the Pump gas stations. Skimmers have been found here in Acadiana. They're pretty hard to spot, if you don't know what you're looking for...

A Baton Rouge man face multiple felony counts after allegedly cashing his dead father's beneficiary checks for 18 years

Recently skimmer devices have been found in Avoyelles, Calcasieu, Jefferson, Lafayette, Orleans, Rapides, St. Landry, St. Tammany, and Washington Parishes.