About 7,000 current and former students of the University of California Irvine are at risk for identity theft criminals who have stolen data used to file false tax returns by the police of the University.
There were 93 UCI students who reported having been informed that a tax return has already been filed on their behalf when they are trying to file their tax returns 2007. All 93 those affected were graduate students at UCI.
The university authorities do not know who stole the information or how at this stage. The UCI Police Chief Paul Henisey said :.
"In the last two weeks, we have been scouring all of our data and systems databases, but we found no leaks here"
It is believed that these incidents at UCI may be linked to a series of related crimes in universities across the country which is currently under review by the IRS. Henisey confirmed that the IRS is investigating the incidents of the UCI and the perpetrators are believed to be based outside of California.
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