Billionaire Donald Bren Identity Theft Victim
An unknown man has stolen a tax refund check from Billionaire Donald Bren worth 1.4 Million dollars. The thief then went into the Cerritos branch of East West Bank and opened a bank account in Bren’s name to deposit the check. In Weeks following the deposit 1.1 Million was slowly drained from the account and sent to other account at different banks.
The man was captured on the bank security cameras and even though Donald Bren is the 16th richest man in America the bank employees didn’t recognize the name. Because the didn’t recognize the name they also didn’t notice that the man didn’t look anything like Donald Bren. The thief opened the account with a fake social security card and drivers license. I can’t blame the bank attendants on this one I didn’t know who he was either. If I guy would have walked into a bank and told me his name was Steve Jobs and wanted to deposite 1.4 Million into my bank I would give him a funny look. Donald Bren not so much!
This kind of situation just proves that no one is protected from identity theft. Even if you’re the 16th richest person in the US you can’t take your identity for granted. It also proves just how easy it is for someone to pull off an identity theft scheme even for someone as famous as Donald Bren. Protect your identity with the best identity theft protection service money can buy, LifeLock. LifeLock is the industry leader in identity theft protection. You can receive a discount on a LifeLock membership with promo code DEFENSE .
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