Events
State Rep. Kate Segal, D-Battle Creek, will host a workshop discussing identity theft protection from 10 a.m. to noon Monday at Forks Senior Center, 1418 Cooper Street, Albion, MI.
The guest panel will include Karen Booth, Adult Protective Services Supervisor with the Michigan Department of Human Services, and Detective Sgt. Richard Michael of the Michigan State Police Southeast Criminal Investigation Division Identity Theft Team.
Another workshop is scheduled from 3 to 5 p.m. Monday, March 29, at Burnham Brook Center, 200 W. Michigan Ave., Battle Creek.
El Paseo Bank will sponsor "Shred It Day" to help area residents combat identity theft.
Area residents can take paper, file folders, binders and envelopes to be shredded for free.
The event will be from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday at the Marketplace, 39-580 Washington St., Palm Desert, CA. Participants are limited to three file boxes, about the size that copy paper is sold in.
The bank is encouraging participants to make a charitable donation to Children's Discovery Museum of the Desert, Big Brothers Big Sisters, and the First Tee.
Bob Hartle will be the speaker at the Ronald Reagan Action Club at 7 p.m. March 20 in the Maricopa County Republican Headquarters, 10050 W. Bell Road, Sun City, AZ.
Hartle is an expert on identity theft. He is responsible for the laws passed in Washington, D.C., regarding this crime. He continues to watch the laws on ID theft and travels to the Capitol to testify. He and his wife were victims.
The public will hear his experience and how to avoid becoming a vicitm. Free packets will be given to help people learn how to prevent this crime.
Residents in Flagler County, FL can learn how to detect and avoid identity theft.
The city of Palm Coast will host an informative identity theft seminar on Thursday. It will begin at 1 p.m. at the Palm Coast Community Center on Palm Coast Parkway Northeast.
Captain Mark Carman of the Sheriff's office will educate community members on protecting themselves against credit card fraud.
Randall Brown, the Consumer Outreach coordinator for the Florida State Department of Financial Services, will also speak about important ways to protect your identity.
State Rep. Kate Segal, D-Battle Creek, will host a workshop discussing identity theft protection from 10 a.m. to noon Monday at Forks Senior Center, 1418 Cooper Street, Albion, MI.
The guest panel will include Karen Booth, Adult Protective Services Supervisor with the Michigan Department of Human Services, and Detective Sgt. Richard Michael of the Michigan State Police Southeast Criminal Investigation Division Identity Theft Team.
Another workshop is scheduled from 3 to 5 p.m. Monday, March 29, at Burnham Brook Center, 200 W. Michigan Ave., Battle Creek.
The office of U.S. Congressman Kenny Marchant (TX-24) will hold an identity theft forum at 11:30 a.m. April 5 at the Coppell Senior Center, 345 W. Bethel Road, Coppell, TX.
“I am looking forward to the program,” said Laci McKinney, director of the Coppell Senior Center. “It will be an educational forum so people can learn about identity theft.”
Lunch will be provided for seniors at 11:30 a.m. followed by the forum at 12 p.m.
Sgt. Patrick Moug of the Livonia Police Department will be the featured presenter April 8 during a free seminar on identity theft.
Open to the public, the seminar will take place 11 a.m. to noon at Davenport University, 19499 Victor Parkway, Livonia, MI.
It is sponsored by Steve Swaggerty of Klassa, Swaggerty & Associates, a financial advisory practice of Ameriprise Financial Services Inc.
Are you looking for ways to… Improve your credit rating? Properly manage your credit? Avoid being a victim of identity theft? Then don’t miss Senator Kemp Hannon’s Credit Rating and Identity Theft forum.
The seminar features former Nassau County Deputy Commissioner of Consumer Affairs, James Reed. Mr. Reed will cover the topics of managing credit, how to fix bad credit, how to avoid identity theft and what to do if you are a victim of identity theft.
