Think your identity is safe on the internet? Think again. This report reveals the work of reporters Madison Wilson, Erich Bogner, Clayton Bowers, Alex Kirkpatrick, Stephanie Woodruff, Ashley Smith and Hunter Hillygus.
Identity theft via the Internet in Iowa is growing, keeping ahead of the pace at which we can stop it. This special IowaWatch/Simpson College journalism reporting project explains.
Overnight, Christy Eichelberger became an identity theft victim. A hacker spent $1,300 of her money on virtual reality game pieces – items she knew nothing about.
A week after Allyson Nielsen, 25, and her fiancé moved in August 2015 from their Chicago, Illinois, apartment to a new one about four blocks away, she found out she was a victim of identity theft – as if moving isn’t stressful enough.
After receiving a call in January 2017 about a past due payment, Elizabeth Bell quickly realized something wasn’t right. She soon found out someone had opened a card in her name through Amazon, spending $1,800 in less than two months.
