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US: $520 Million Lost To Online Crime In 2012
May 31, 2013 - Over 280,000 complaints of online criminal activity were reported by the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) in 2012, according to the US organization’s annual report released on May 14, 2013.The total calculated financial loss due to online criminal activity was estimated to be more than $520 million. The IC3 reported an average loss of around $4,500 in cases reporting financial losses, which accounted for close to 115,000, or 40% of the complaints. The IC3, which is a partnership between the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the National White Collar Crime Center, also noted some of the most common crimes reported. The single most costly crime reported was auto-fraud, to which victims lost over $64.5 million. In these cas...
Illinois Removes Identifiers From Civil Court Records
May 30, 2013 - New Redaction Law - Illinois Civil Case Documents Effective July 1, 2013, personal identify information will not be allowed in documents or exh...
Straightline International To Be At SHRM Conference - Chicago
May 28, 2013 - Not only is Chicago Straightline International's founder, Steven Brownstein, home town but it's where SHRM will be holding its National Con...
Hotels Sued For No Background Checks
May 28, 2013 - A recent headline in the Arizona Republic read, “Hotel chains sued over alleged rapes of guests.” By Randy Pullen This would ca...
IRS Agents Stole 60 Million Medical Records, Legal Complaint Alleges
May 24, 2013 - The Internal Revenue Service stole and improperly accessed 60 million medical records after raiding a California company, according to a legal comp...
Colorado Gov signs employer credit check bill
May 20, 2013 - Gov. John Hickenlooper signed a bill that had concerned — but not enraged — some Colorado business interests. The Democratic...
Indiana enacts broad criminal records expungement law
May 17, 2013 - Indiana Governor Mike Pence has signed into law legislation permitting individuals arrested or convicted of certain crimes to have those records ex...
Biometric Database of All Adult Americans Hidden in Immigration Reform
May 16, 2013 - The immigration reform bill currently being considered by he U.S. Senate calls for the creation of a "photo tool," a U.S. Department of H...
Too Quick To Call Someone A Criminal
May 15, 2013 - Soon after the news broke about the three women in Ohio who were held captive, Charles Ramsey was hailed a hero for his role in helping them escape...
Canada Has Access To USA Criminal Records
May 14, 2013 - Her's some examples of your USA records at work: CBSA officers reported that on March 3, a United States resident sought entry into C...
Inmates Run City Detention Center
May 10, 2013 - State officials pledged to launch a widespread investigation into corruption at the Baltimore City Detention Center in the wake of the federal indi...
Texas Says They Need More Info To Integrate Criminal Records
May 08, 2013 - To maintain consistent and comprehensive information on offender recidivism rates, the author of a bill suggesting changes to Texas Department of C...
Plan for Ohio court records online goes offline
May 07, 2013 - Downloading a massive file on dial-up Internet seems supersonic compared to how long it has taken to upload Erie County court records online. A...
Mass. Probate records are now online
May 06, 2013 - At the risk of providing too much " inside baseball" with this column, I am pleased to inform my readers that the probate and family cour...
Pending California Court Closures and Cutbacks
May 01, 2013 - Four public notices and requests for public input were recent filed by county Superior Courts. Kings County Reduction in hours and staffing a...
Reading Les Rosen
April 30, 2013 - I just received the most recent copy of Les Rosens' book, The Safe Hiring Manual. I must say that I am very impressed as the book has expan...
California Court Record Fees Changes Pending
April 30, 2013 - The grim financial state of the California Judiciary is well known. In an effort to help remedy this situation, the CA Administrative Office of the...
Minnesota Joining Expungment Craze
April 29, 2013 - A bill aimed at preventing ex-felons from having the employment door slammed in their faces was passed on a bipartisan vote in the Minnesota Senate...
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