Dumpster Diver Charged With Identity Theft of Almost 90 MLB players

Some identity thieves go for the average consumer, preferably someone with good enough credit to make it worth their while. Others may go for those with deeper pockets. This one seems to have set the bar a bit higher. Police in Lake County outside Chicago found the personal information of almost 90 current and retired Major League Baseball players in the home of David Dright.

The information is believed to have come from trash bins of SFX Baseball Inc., a sports agency that represents major and minor league baseball players headed by Pat Rooney and Fern Cuza. The information he recovered includes dates of birth, Social Security numbers, canceled paychecks, and infant death records. The evidence was found in Dright's apartment after someone reported that Dright stole his identity. Whether any of the players have been affected is being investigated, but potential victims are being contacted.

Remember: Anyone can be a victim of identity theft. I hope this will be a lesson to SFX to be more careful when handling client data. These players trust this company, so their information should be treated with more care. I suppose I shouldn't be surprised by the careless practices of such companies. Reminder number two: Shred those documents before throwing them away.