Protect your name
No one is safe.
We don’t know whether that’s comforting or all the more frightening.
At a trial in Northern Virginia this week, an Illinois man pleaded guilty in a nationwide identity theft ring that victimized both individuals and institutions.
Among the victims: the chairman of the powerful Federal Reserve Bank.
Yes, believe it or not, Leonardo Darnell Zanders had checks in the name of Ben and Anna Bernanke, which his partner used.
No word on whether either of the men recognized the name — or just didn’t care.
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