identity fraud

Online shopping

Web stores want online identification system for safer shopping

Nov 19 '19 13:40
Business

Online stores are asking the government for a public online means of identification, similar to the government's DigiD. This will greatly improve safety in online shopping, according to branch organizations Detailhandel Nederland and Thuiswinkel.org, and travel companies' organization ANVR, the Telegraaf reports.

The lack of online identification creates a distinct difference between online and physical trading, and promotes identity fraud, a spokesperson for Thuiswinkel.org said to the newspaper.

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Seventy arrested in Dutch “mobile banditry” sting operation

Nov 11 '19 11:45
Crime

Dutch police arrested 70 people last week in a cooperative effort to tackle those suspected of mobile banditry, a catch-all term for people who travel around to engage in criminal acts like theft, burglary, fraud, identity fraud, and drug trafficking. The suspects in these cases often work across international borders, requiring assistance from policing agencies like Europol, Interpol, and other national police forces.

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Dutch teens' driving license selfies sold on dark web: report

Aug 7 '18 13:40
Crime

Selfies of Dutch teenagers posing with their just obtained driver's license are being sold on the dark web to be used for identity fraud, RTL Nieuws reports based on its own research. The broadcaster found "likely hundreds of potential victims".

Police

Over 40 homes searched, 7 arrested in major Amsterdam raid

Mar 7 '18 11:20
Crime

On Tuesday the police and municipality of Amsterdam searched over 40 homes on Houtmankade as part of a joint action against housing fraud, money laundering, identity fraud and drug trafficking. A total of seven people were arrested, the police said in a statement.

The homes visited are all located in a housing block on Houtmankade and Houtmanstraat. The homes were visited based on signals received by the municipality.

Three people were arrested on suspicion of money laundering. Four others were arrested for hard drug possession. 

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Man caught committing identity theft to pay off student loan

Jul 25 '17 12:15
CrimeTechnology

The police arrested a 32-year-old man in Groningen on suspicion of computer fraud, identity fraud and money laundering. He was caught buying items online with stolen identities and then reselling them. He told the police he did so to pay off his student loan, the police said in a statement.

The man placed so-called key-loggers on two public computers at an educational institution in the city of Groningen. Key-loggers record what keys are hit on a keyboard, which gave the man access to, for example, credit card information or login details. 

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Identity fraud cases skyrocket in Netherlands

Apr 10 '17 09:20
Crime

The number of reports about identity fraud in the Netherlands more than doubled last year, according to figures from the Identity Fraud Hotline. Last year the hotline received 1,724 reports, compared to 805 in 2015, ANP report.

The hotline can't give a clear explanation for the increase. The fact that reports can now be done online may play a role. There is also an increased awareness about ID fraud, thanks to a government campaign. "You therefore can't say that more ID fraud was committed, but that more was reported", a spokesperson said to the news wire.

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Report: Thousands of refugees lied about their identity

Sep 8 '15 08:38
Top Stories

Thousands of people who received a residency permit in the Netherlands after the general amnesty in 2007, lied about their identities. This was often done so that they can qualify for the amnesty, for example, because only a certain age group fell under the amnesty.

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Police reveal new identity fraud scheme

Nov 4 '14 10:50
Crime

According to a police report, the police are on the track of a new form of passport fraud by Eastern Europeans.

Internet

Half-million Dutch scammed online annually

Jun 17 '14 10:06
Crime

Almost 450,000 Dutch people were scammed last year on the internet. Most of these cases involve selling or buying items online. This is 3.3 percent of people aged 15 or older. In 2012, this was 2.9 percent. These figures were published by the Central Bureau for Statistics (CBS) today.

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Prosecutor fighting journalists with fake airport IDs

Feb 19 '14 08:03
Crime

The Attorney-General in The Hague has, in an appeal, demanded a fine against journalists from the programme 'Undercover Nederland'.

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