The FBI has issued a warning about scammers impersonating fraud investigators from health insurance companies to steal customer data through phishing emails and text messages.
The FBI is alerting Americans to an ongoing tax scam where criminals steal identities to file false tax returns and claim refunds. The agency reports a 26% increase in identity theft claims related to tax returns over the past year.
Matt Weiss, a former assistant football coach at the University of Michigan, has been indicted on multiple counts of unauthorized computer access and aggravated identity theft related to accessing student-athlete data.