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Computer Forensics, Privacy & the Law

identity theft

United States v. Oladokun, Criminal No. 10-267 (ESH) (D.C. 1-14-2011)

Posted by: Frederick Lane on 23 March 2011

Tagged in: U.S. District Court (D. District of Columbia) , search warrants , laptop , IP address , identity theft , District of Columbia , cellphone

Motion to Suppress Denied -- Defendant was a target of an investigation into an "account takeover" scam. Based on the results of their investigation, law enforcement agents applied for and received search warrants for the apartment of defendant's girlfriend, and a silver-colored Lexus automobile, which contained a laptop with relevant evidence.

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Whistleblower Trashes National Archives Hard Drive Recycling Program

Posted by: Frederick Lane on 02 October 2009

Tagged in: U.S. Veterans Administration , National Archives and Records Administration , identity theft , hard drive , destruction of media , data loss

An IT manager at the National Archives and Records Administration alleges that his agency, which is charged with collecting and preserving the U.S. government's most important documents, may have accidentally exposed more than 70 million U.S. military veterans to the risk of identity theft.

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