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WASHINGTON, DC –– Hiding income in offshore accounts, identity theft, return preparer fraud, and filing false or misleading tax forms top the annual list of “dirty dozen” tax scams in 2011, the Internal Revenue Service announced today. The IRS works with the Justice Department to pursue and shut down perpetrators of these and other illegal […]

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue Employees Federal Credit Union (PEFCU) invites the Greater Lafayette community to visit any PEFCU branch on Thursday, December 3, for a special identity theft and fraud lobby day. One in five consumers becomes a victim of some kind of identity theft each year. The results can be devastating: damage to […]

LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Tippecanoe County Sheriff’s detectives are asking the public to help find a woman suspected of using a credit card stolen from a college student to buy gift cards worth $600 from Lafayette area merchants. On September 17th of this year, Cassandra McKeown, a student at St. Joseph’s College in Rensselaer, had her […]

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue Employees Federal Credit Union (PEFCU) invites the Greater Lafayette community to attend a no-cost Identity Theft and Fraud Workshop at 6 p.m., on Thursday, June 18, at the Purdue Research Park Technology Center located at 3000 Kent Ave, West Lafayette. One in five consumers becomes a victim of some kind […]

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Some of the top names in information security will highlight a March 24-25 symposium at Purdue University. Purdue’s Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security, also known as CERIAS, will host its 10th annual information security symposium in the university’s Lawson Computer Science Building. The event is scheduled […]

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. –– Purdue Employees Federal Credit Union (PEFCU) invites the Greater Lafayette community to attend a no-cost seminar called “Identity Theft. Who’s got your number?” at 6 p.m., on Tuesday, September 9, at the PEFCU Financial Mall located at 1551 Win Hentschel Blvd. in West Lafayette. One in five consumers fall victim to […]