Thieves Empty Bank Account Of 112 Year Old World War II Veteran

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An identity thief or thieves emptied the bank account of a 112 year old World War II veteran. The got his social security number and purchased saving bonds.

https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2018/06/30/us/ap-us-wwii-vet-money-stolen.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2018/06/30/us/ap-us-wwii-vet-money-stolen.html

He already had been given a fund raiser for in home care in 2015. That's a separate account.

I guess the thieves used the saving bonds to make the withdrawals seem legit and will cash them in later. But it's a traceable item which is what puzzles me.
 

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On the heels of Equifax's huge data leak, a few months later, I received a notice that my SS number may have been used by someone else for the purpose of employment. The letter was from a California IRS office but would not tell me who had used it [maybe it was intentional or maybe it was an accident, like a transposed SS number.j The letter said that my government tax account would be marked that I may have been a victim of identity theft and advised me to notify the credit agencies to put a temporary "fraud alert" on my accounts and monitor my credit reports.


Meanwhile, another big leak of private information by a marketing company has happened.

Exactis Data Leak May Have Exposed 230 Million Americans' Data

http://fortune.com/2018/06/28/exactis-data-leak-personal-information/
 
Yeh Equifax and others. Apparently he was given home care so I also wonder if a nurse or aid went through his personal records when not looking. The buying saving bonds-a traceable transaction has got me puzzled.
 

Latest news on this situation.

The bank account of the oldest man in America has been restored after his family reported that thieves had stolen his identity and drained the account.The family of Richard Overton, a 112-year-old Austin resident and the nation’s oldest living World War II veteran, filed a police report last Friday. The family said Overton’s Social Security and bank account numbers were used to make seven withdrawals over several months.

Cousin Volma Overton told The Associated Press the family was shocked when Bank of America asked them to come in and sign for the restored funds. He didn’t disclose how much money was stolen but said it was a “significant amount.
http://keranews.org/post/bank-restores-stolen-funds-112-year-old-texan-and-world-war-ii-veteran
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