Man gets $300K from settlement after being wrongly accused of theft, cops change facial recognition technology
of City of Detroit The city will pay $300,000 to a man who was wrongfully accused of shoplifting, and as part of the settlement, the city will also change how police use facial recognition technology to identify suspects. Robert Williams’ driver’s license photo was incorrectly determined to be a likely match for a man seen […]
Arizona election worker accused of stealing security device was hired despite felony theft arrest months prior
A temporary elections worker in Maricopa County, Arizona, who was caught on surveillance camera last week allegedly stealing a “digital magnetic key” from a counting center, was arrested a few months earlier for allegedly taking $1,800 in cash from a cash register while working as a cashier at a nearby grocery store, according to court […]
AZ Election Center Theft ‘Raises Serious’ Election Security Concerns
Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Whatley said the incident in which a temporary election worker allegedly stole a “digital magnetic key” from the Maricopa County Counting and Election Center on Thursday “raises serious questions about the security of Arizona’s elections” and that he wanted explanations. KTAR News reported that Walter Lingfield, 27, was arrested on […]
IRS lags on identity theft
Business and Economics Full text Supreme Court takes wealth tax fight to Congress The Supreme Court last week left the issue of wealth taxes up to Congress in its decision in Moore v. United States, a case that involved trillions of dollars in government revenue and far-reaching areas of federal law and precedent. Full […]
Watchdog: IRS delays in resolving identity theft cases 'unconscionable'
An independent watchdog group says the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) delays in resolving identity theft cases are “unjustified.” Mid-year report A report submitted to Congress by the National Taxpayer Advocate, an independent watchdog within the IRS, found that the 2024 tax season “generally proceeded smoothly” but there were delays in settling identity theft cases and […]
Temporary Election Worker for Maricopa County Arrested for Theft
A temporary elections worker in Maricopa County, Arizona, was arrested on suspicion of stealing items from a voting center. Law enforcement officials said 27-year-old Walter Lingfield was arrested Friday. Stall According to KTAR News, the Maricopa County Counting and Election Center sent them a security fob and key. According to the media, Lingfield was on […]
Police Arrest Angie Harmon’s Daughter For Bizarre Theft: REPORT
Angie Harmon’s daughter was arrested after allegedly breaking into a nightclub and stealing several bottles of alcohol. According to arrest records, 18-year-old Avery Seehorn was handcuffed just before midnight on June 5 after entering World nightclub in Charlotte, North Carolina, with two other juveniles. Page 6Sehorn and friends escaped with six bottles of liquor valued […]
US soldier sentenced to nearly 4 years in Russian prison on theft conviction
A US soldier pleaded guilty to theft and was sentenced to nearly four years in a Russian prison. A court in the eastern Russian city of Vladivostok sentenced Staff Sergeant Gordon Black, 34, to three years and nine months in prison for theft and making death threats, the Associated Press reported. Black was arrested in […]
Janet Yellen rebukes Putin’s equating of seizing Russian assets with theft
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen rejected Russian President Vladimir Putin‘s characterization that seizing frozen Russian assets was equivalent to theft. In an appearance on ABC’s This Week, Yellen outlined the Biden administration‘s position on the issue and argued that using Russian assets to send further aid to Ukraine was appropriate. “There is no sense at all in […]
Man named ‘Optimus Prime’ arrested for auto theft: Texas police
Law enforcement officials in Austin, Texas, arrested a man bearing the name of a well-known “Autobot” leader last week for allegedly stealing a vehicle. The Austin Police Department FOX 7 in AustinOptimus Prime Blakely, 37, was charged with unauthorized use of a motor vehicle. According to the affidavit, Blakely was stopped by officers on June […]