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A Ripe Target For Identity Thieves: Prisoners on Death Row
Identity thieves have found an insidious target: death row inmates. A SentiLink report published this week reveals scammers are stealing identities of Texas prisoners awaiting execution to orchestrate "bust-out" fraud schemes -- patiently building credit before disappearing with up to $100,000. Ne...
A SentiLink report published this week reveals scammers are stealing identities of Texas prisoners awaiting execution to orchestrate "bust-out" fraud schemes -- patiently building credit before disappearing with up to $100,000.Nearly 10% of Texas' 172 death row inmates have fallen victim. "They wouldn't receive text or email alerts from a financial institution," said Robin Maher of the Death Penalty Information Center. Beyond opening credit accounts, NBC reports, fraudsters have registered fake businesses using inmates' identities, including a landscaping company created under Ronald Haskell's name -- a man imprisoned since 2014 for killing six people.
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