Polk Community College, 3 SSNs, Professor Bradley Neil Slosberg
Professor Bradley Neil Slosberg asked students in his anatomy and physiology class to sign in with their name and social security numbers. They did. CNN quotes student Amanda Bracewell: “We all signed it. We figured, ‘He’s a teacher, what is he going to do with it?'” TBO.com news has the only non-AP story, at Professor Accused Of Stealing IDs Of PCC Students
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Slosberg was arrested and charged with using his students’ names and Social Security numbers to obtain department store credit cards.
The Polk County Sheriff’s Office arrested him Friday on charges of criminal use of personal identification and scheming to defraud, obtaining property less than $20,000.
His girlfriend, Deborah Hafner, was arrested and charged with two counts of forgery and one count each of criminal use of personal identification and scheming to defraud.
The couple, of 1741 35th St. N.W. in Winter Haven, stole the identities of at least three of his students, sheriff’s office spokeswoman Carrie Rodgers said.
All You Have to Do Is Ask
Thanks to Emergent Chaos for pointing to this story. Why hack a corporate database or steal a laptop to get personally identifiable nformation when all you have to do is ask people for it?…