Tuesday, July 10, 2007
Bag Full Of Job Applications Found In Parking Lot
Bag Full Of Job Applications Found In Parking Lot
POSTED: 4:00 pm EDT July 9, 2007
ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. -- A pile of job applications with social security numbers and other personal information, sought after by identity thieves and home burglars, was found at a parking lot in west Orange County. The applications are from Orlando Financial Services on Colonial and Hastings.
The job application Chantelle Taylor filled out in March was in a stack of other applications containing personal and confidential information found in a plastic bag under a tree at a McDonalds on West Colonial Drive, about a mile from Orlando Financial Services, a 24-hour check-cashing place the applications were once stored.
"It blows my mind that a big company like this would just throw out applications out and not shred them. Just throw them out for everyone to get," Taylor said.
Taylor worries someone could have used the information to steal her identity and ruin her credit.
Susan Regilus was surprised when Eyewitness News informed her that the application she turned in three months ago was also in the stack. She's been a victim of identity theft in the past.
"They had my signature, driver's license, copy of my driver's license, everything that you can imagine that you could go rent a car with, they had it," she said.
So how did it happen? Eyewitness News asked a shift manager for an explanation, but she couldn't come up with one.
"We're supposed to shred it. I don't know how. I don't know," the woman said and suggested contacting the corporate office in Lawrenville, Georgia.
Meanwhile, ChantelleTaylor, a 20-year-old single mom, may have her documents back, but she said she doesn't have the peace of mind she had before.
"They can track me down. I'm here by myself most of the time, you know. It upsets me so much. I'm almost speechless. I don't know what to say," Taylor said.
Calls made by Eyewitness News to Orlando Financial Services' corporate office in Georgia were not returned, Monday afternoon.
POSTED: 4:00 pm EDT July 9, 2007
ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. -- A pile of job applications with social security numbers and other personal information, sought after by identity thieves and home burglars, was found at a parking lot in west Orange County. The applications are from Orlando Financial Services on Colonial and Hastings.
The job application Chantelle Taylor filled out in March was in a stack of other applications containing personal and confidential information found in a plastic bag under a tree at a McDonalds on West Colonial Drive, about a mile from Orlando Financial Services, a 24-hour check-cashing place the applications were once stored.
"It blows my mind that a big company like this would just throw out applications out and not shred them. Just throw them out for everyone to get," Taylor said.
Taylor worries someone could have used the information to steal her identity and ruin her credit.
Susan Regilus was surprised when Eyewitness News informed her that the application she turned in three months ago was also in the stack. She's been a victim of identity theft in the past.
"They had my signature, driver's license, copy of my driver's license, everything that you can imagine that you could go rent a car with, they had it," she said.
So how did it happen? Eyewitness News asked a shift manager for an explanation, but she couldn't come up with one.
"We're supposed to shred it. I don't know how. I don't know," the woman said and suggested contacting the corporate office in Lawrenville, Georgia.
Meanwhile, ChantelleTaylor, a 20-year-old single mom, may have her documents back, but she said she doesn't have the peace of mind she had before.
"They can track me down. I'm here by myself most of the time, you know. It upsets me so much. I'm almost speechless. I don't know what to say," Taylor said.
Calls made by Eyewitness News to Orlando Financial Services' corporate office in Georgia were not returned, Monday afternoon.
Labels: Orlando Financial Services
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