Accused scammer busted in $17M identity theft ring lived lavish life in gleaming Hollywood home

The Post had a front-row seat to the action early Thursday morning, as agents moved in to arrest Vardevaryan, by blasting his stately white home with blinding spotlights ...

Dramatic moment Hollywood mansion swarmed by FBI in high-stakes identity theft bust

FBI agents swarmed the North Hollywood mansion of an alleged fraudster accused of working with a syndicate of scammers to steal up to $15 million from elderly Los Angeles homeowners by stealing ...
The Sun

Fears grow for missing grandad, 85, who was abducted from home in case of mistaken identity as cops probe property

FEARS grow for missing grandfather Chris Baghsarian, who was allegedly taken hostage from his home in Sydney. The 85-year-old man vanished from his home on February 13 in what police say was a bungled ...
The Guardian

Police hopes fade of finding kidnap victim Chris Baghsarian, 85, alive after raid on Dural property

NSW police search ‘makeshift stronghold’ in Wildthorn Ave, Dural after grandfather abducted from North Ryde home last Friday in case of mistaken identity Follow our Australia news live blog for latest ...
Hosted on MSN

Friendswood property fraud: DA investigates identity theft scheme targeting deceased homeowners

FRIENDSWOOD, Texas - While Carol Lynn Smith lay unclaimed in a Harris County morgue, a sophisticated scheme was allegedly underway, according to court documents obtained by FOX 26 Wednesday.
Wall Street Journal

Hermès Revealed as Buyer of Record $400 Million Beverly Hills Property

Hermès is the mystery buyer behind the largest-ever retail real-estate acquisition in Beverly Hills, ending months of speculation over who now owns two adjoining properties on the city’s famed Rodeo ...
IEEE

VIP: Versatile Identity Protection with Dual-property Watermarking System

Face manipulation technology poses increasingly significant threats to privacy and credibility in digital media. Existing countermeasures, particularly watermark-based methods, often fail to provide ...
Chicago Tribune

Terry Savage: Guarding your credit, identity and property

It’s the holiday shopping/scamming season. And that makes it a good time to think about protecting yourself from the dangers of identity theft. These days, the fraudsters are so sophisticated that ...
TMCnet

Thirdfort Combats £1.6 Billion UK Property Fraud Risk with iProov Identity Verification Technology

iProov, the world's leading provider of science-based biometric identity verification solutions, today announced that iProov Dynamic Liveness has been deployed within Thirdfort's client due diligence ...
WNEM-TV

3 plead guilty to $579K identity theft, unclaimed property fraud scheme

MID-MICHIGAN (WNEM) – Two people from Mount Pleasant and one from Saint Louis have pled guilty to an identity theft and unclaimed property fraud scheme, according to Michigan Attorney General (AG) ...
Investopedia

Understanding Government-Owned Property: Definitions, Examples, and Types

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...