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U.S NIH Credit Union Hit by ID Theft Scheme

Mary Mosquera write on GCN.com:

The National Institutes of Health Federal Credit Union is investigating with law enforcement the identity theft of some of its 41,000 members. The credit union sent out a notice of the identity theft scheme last week.

The credit union is aware of how the data theft was committed but did not provide details.

“Very few members were affected, but we elected to notify the entire membership so they could get a credit report," said CEO Lindsay Alexander.

The credit union provides a Member Security Response program in the event that a member becomes a victim of identity theft, including credit monitoring, fraud alerts placed on credit bureau files, a 3-in-1 credit report covering the three major credit bureaus, and systematic notification to credit bureaus, creditors and collectors and government agencies.

posted by Fergie @ 6/29/2006 07:58:00 AM