/news/tags/identity-theft identity theft en-US Copyright Wed, 29 Mar 2023 13:25:43 GMT /2023-03-29/republicans-back-bill-to-crack-down-on-business-identity-theft-in-ohio A Senate bill seeks to stop scammers from using the names of old businesses, sketchy addresses and misleading mailings to claim money from small businesses in Ohio. Wed, 29 Mar 2023 13:25:43 GMT /2023-03-29/republicans-back-bill-to-crack-down-on-business-identity-theft-in-ohio Karen Kasler /news/government-politics/2021-02-05/ohio-paid-330-million-in-fraudulent-jobless-benefits-in-december Fraud in the state’s unemployment system cost Ohio more than $330 million in just the last three months of last year. And there could still be fraud among more than a quarter of a million claims flagged this summer. Fri, 05 Feb 2021 18:00:54 GMT /news/government-politics/2021-02-05/ohio-paid-330-million-in-fraudulent-jobless-benefits-in-december Karen Kasler /news/government-politics/2018-04-11/lawmakers-cracking-down-on-misleading-telemarketers State lawmakers want to crack down on what’s known as “spoofing” – the practice often used by telemarketers to mislead a recipient into thinking they are… Wed, 11 Apr 2018 18:15:32 GMT /news/government-politics/2018-04-11/lawmakers-cracking-down-on-misleading-telemarketers Jo Ingles /news/government-politics/2017-09-13/brown-pushes-for-increased-protection-for-equifax-breach-victims Ohio’s Democratic U.S. Senator is introducing legislation to better protect against identity theft after data company Equifax announced a breach exposing… Wed, 13 Sep 2017 23:47:23 GMT /news/government-politics/2017-09-13/brown-pushes-for-increased-protection-for-equifax-breach-victims