Tax Identity Theft Has More Than Tripled in the Past Five Years Tax day is less than two weeks away, and this year, for the first time ever, the Federal Trade Commission says tax refunds are the No. 1 target of identity thieves.
Tracey Cochran was anxiously anticipating this year's tax refund, because money was tight."I had been unemployed and just started temp work .She expected to receive a $2,400 check from the Internal Revenue Service. Instead she received a notice that something was wrong. Somebody else had filed a return in her name, and a thief was trying to intercept her refund.
The airline pilot who spoke out secretly after he was reprimanded by the Transportation Security Administration for posting video to YouTube showing security flaws at a major airport exposed his identity today.
"My name is Chris Liu, and I'm an airline pilot," Liu said during an special interview with affiliate KXTV in Sacramento, Calif., at his home in Colfax.Liu, 50, told KXTV he decided to come out of the gloom because he wanted to be an active player in efforts to improve airport security."You have passengers and air crew upstairs being screened, while ground crew downward come and go with the swipe of a card," he said.
