identity theft

KALISPELL, Mont. (AP) — An Alaska fugitive suspected in a vehicle theft in northwestern Montana gave law enforcement officers the driver's license of a man who has been missing since February.

The Missoula County Sheriff's office received a call earlier this week from a couple who discovered their identities had been stolen when they attempted to file their income tax returns.

Montana's Insurance Commissioner plans to sign on to a national investigation of Anthem Insurance after a data breach put millions of customers at risk, including up to 48,000 Montanans.

A new report issued by the Federal Trade Commission reveals relatively low rates of both fraud and identity theft reports in Montana.

If you have a Visa Card, MasterCard or Discover Card, you’d better keep a close eye on your bills. Global Payments, a third-party processor of credit card payments, said Sunday that a data breach it experienced last week may have compromised about 1.5 million card numbers.

Last year the number one complaint sent into the Federal Trade Commision’s consumer network, from Montanans, related to credit card fraud. Senior Director from Life Lock Tammy Nealy says information does not necessarily have to be on your computer to be stolen.

With more communication and business being done online, networking can create identity issues. Senior Director of Life Lock Tammy Nealy says using networks can make you vulnerable.    Nealy warns the more that is done online the more access thieves have to your identity...

A Federal Trade Commission report says identity theft is still an issue.  Communications Director from Life Lock Tammy Nealy tells us how big the problem is.