"Secret Service busts suspected ID fraud ring"
"Information is the world's new currency" - W. Ralph Bashman, director of the U.S. Secret Service.

"Boom times for crooks stealing identities"
Identity theft is a growth sector for Canadian criminals, police say, with numbers almost tripling in the last year.

"Laptops are hot property"
Thieves pilfer 1,000 laptops a year from cafes and offices in San Francisco.

"Blood bank fears ID heist"
More than 100,000 people who donated to a California blood bank may have parted with more than plasma.