Identity theft is fairly rare, with about 3.5% of consumers reporting some theft or fraud last year.
It grouped similar crimes together, such as merging theft of library materials with laws covering theft in general.
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Though laws prescribe punishment for theft of money, the theft of information remains fuzzily defined, at least in Asia.
Retro City Rampage plays like the first and second Grand Theft Auto titles, without actually being Grand Theft Auto.
Grand Theft Auto IV has sold over 20 million copies, and the Grand Theft Auto series over 100 million.
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Theft - includes handling stolen goods, theft by an employee, theft from motor vehicles, and theft of motor vehicles.
Mr Baeza adds that they also targeted car theft networks, educated the community about prevention and promoted anti-theft devices.
"Theft in price-volatile markets: On the relationship between copper price and copper theft", by Aiden Sidebottom, Jyoti Belur, Kate Bowers, Lisa Thompson and Shane Johnson.
"Cable theft figures fluctuate hugely and can be affected by weather and access to the network, " said Simon Davies, BT's general manager dealing with cable theft.
Firewalls are the best way to prevent data theft that originates outside of a network, while cryptography can help to protect data from internal theft, he said.
The website for the Rapid Enforcement Allied Computer Team, which conducted the raid, said that in addition to theft, it also handles identity theft, online scams and more.
One striking development within the cyber-theft universe is the dramatic rise of tax ID fraud, which, by the FTC's reckoning, accounted for 43 percent of ID theft in 2012.
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Mr. BOB SULLIVAN (Author, "Your Evil Twin: Behind the Identity Theft Epidemic"): I know of no identity theft protection service that I would recommend to people that they pay for.
Though most people who consider themselves hackers would agree that theft is theft and fraud is fraud, such crimes should be treated no differently in virtual world than they are in the real world.
But oftentimes, identity theft stems from mundane real-world theft.
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The accused have been charged with criminal offenses including theft, aggravated theft and damage, since the luggage that they were not able to open was sometimes damaged out of spite, police said.
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Mr. MALLORY DUNCAN (Vice President, National Retail Federation): The overwhelming majority of those are not true identity theft, the serious identity theft, but rather tend to be credit and bank fraud cases.
On the other hand, rates of robbery (theft with threat of harm), assault, rape and car theft remained largely unchanged, a finding which, at least for violent crimes, contradicts Messrs Lott's and Mustard's paper.
Price and value often dictate hot theft items, with multiple grocers saying the hottest theft items right now include Tide detergent, Gillette razors, infant formula, electronics, batteries, fragrance, and over-the-counter drugs, particularly Prilosec and Abreva.
The theft of treasure is nothing new--it is one of folklore's most persistent themes--but thanks to novels, films and the newspaper headlines, art theft has captured the public's imagination like few other types of crime have.
Patterson said in the affidavit that Hammer confessed to an earlier gun theft in Cody, and said that he and Vanpelt wanted to flee to Denver because they were afraid of being arrested for the theft.
Perhaps most striking for those who believe in the deterrent effect of gun-ownership, burglary (theft with forcible entry) and larceny (theft without forcible entry or threat of harm) rose significantly following growth in gun ownership, by roughly half as much as homicides.
The State Department will ensure that a consistent and "appropriate" message is delivered to foreign governments to communicate the administration's commitment to reducing the theft of intellectual property and the importance it places on more effective legal penalties and enforcement for trade-secret theft.
The company attributed the gain to the launches of titles like BioShock 2, Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City on the PS3 and PC, and Major League Baseball 2K10, along with continuing strong sales of catalog titles including NBA 2K10 and Grand Theft Auto IV.
The FBI believes with a high degree of confidence that in the years after the theft, the art was transported to Connecticut and the Philadelphia region, and some of the art was taken to Philadelphia, where it was offered for sale by those responsible for the theft.
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"We all have to be vigilant, more now than ever before, in detecting theft and potential theft and recognizing documents that have been stolen, " Ferriero said in opening remarks in which he introduced an investigator in the Landau case and a lawyer who put Landau and his assistant behind bars.
"While these results indicate Take-Two's efforts to diversify its portfolio beyond Grand Theft Auto are showing some success, continued product delays and the lack of profitability in non-Grand Theft Auto years, driven in part by the MLB license, will continue to weigh on shares, " says Heath Terry of FBR Capital Markets.
Redline has been involved in many interesting flavors of theft and fraud cases for its clients, including theft of metals from copper mines, rerouting of containers of computers by switching address labels at a FedEx warehouse, falsification of invoices to cover fictitious payments, and an infinite variety of schemes to defraud its clients.
The IRS spokeswoman warns that all tax payments are due by April 15, even for people who find out they are theft victims after that date. (Often it can take 48 hours to get an e-filing receipt.) IRS computers won't accept electronic payments from e-filers whose returns are rejected because of theft, so last-minute e-filers who owe tax should consider printing a voucher and mailing it with a check.
Penalties for kidnapping, theft and white-collar crime were also toughened, with longer jail terms prescribed.
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