IDs exposed by metro Atlanta governments cause identity theft concerns
No hacking into databases or stealing mail - just a couple of clicks on public websites.
Your most sensitive personal data like SS numbers - being exposed by some metro Atlanta governments. Action already from our latest @wsbtv2.bsky.social investigation. At least 1 of the counties is pulling the documents & thanking us for bringing awareness to the issue www.wsbtv.com/news/local/i...
12.02.2025 15:14
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Georgiaβs Obamacare marketplace left thousands in fear of health insurance cancellation
βThey are covered,β Georgia Insurance Commissioner John King assured Gray. King says that there will be no gap in coverage for these Georgians.
I've learned Georgia's new Obamacare marketplace canceled existing health insurance plans of 20,000 families because of a system glitch. GA's insurance Commissioner vows there will be no coverage gap -they are enrolled in new policies -my
@wsbtv2.bsky.social exclusive: www.wsbtv.com/news/local/a...
16.01.2025 15:25
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βJust think of it from this perspective, though. Everybody isnβt as fortunate as you to have...a bed in their house, food in the kitchen.β - a Clayton County Sheriff's deputy tells a homeowner as the owner is arrested for trying to get a squatter out of her home.
@wsbtv2.bsky.social at 6:
20.12.2024 21:51
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The CFPB is suing Zelle & the banks behind it - Chase, Wells Fargo & Bank of America - "hundreds of thousands of consumers filed fraud complaints and were largely denied assistance, with some being told to contact the fraudsters directly to recover their money"
20.12.2024 21:11
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βDancing Doctorβ ordered to turn over $700,000 for not paying former insurance company
According to a lawsuit filed in DeKalb County, the insurer represented Boutte in 28 medical malpractice cases.
new on "the Dancing Doctor" - a month after we tracked her down to TX- a DeKalb judge rules she owes her insurance company $700,000 in deductibles for 28 malpractice cases- βIn 25 years of practicing law. Iβve never seen so many claims on a single policy." www.wsbtv.com/news/local/a...
17.12.2024 15:55
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Clark's Christmas Kids
just made what is always my favorite donation of the year. My colleague Clark Howard is tireless gathering gifts for kids in GA foster care. They still need more than 16,000! I always pick an older kid because those wish lists seem to be the last filled www.clarkschristmaskids.com
06.12.2024 17:26
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delivered in the most amazing genteel southern accent of course!
03.12.2024 16:11
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86-year-old woman has been fighting for months after nearly $50K was stolen from Fidelity accounts
βThen they would empty their account into God knows where,βthe victim said.
An 86 year-old Georgia woman had nearly $50,000 stolen from her Fidelity retirement accounts after people she doesn't know somehow created joint accounts with her name & theirs
www.wsbtv.com/news/local/f...
03.12.2024 15:55
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Homeowners left with expensive decisions after insurance canceled out of nowhere
They are being sent letters citing reasons like old roofs or dangerous trees to cancel their policies.
A homeowner's insurance cancellation letter out of nowhere. Georgia's Insurance Commissioner says it's on the increase. My latest @wsbtv2.bsky.social Consumer Investigator & Consumer Adviser team-up with Clark Howard
www.wsbtv.com/news/local/a...
22.11.2024 15:52
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Social Securityβs overpayment fixes help many but remain unfinished
Social Security Commissioner Martin OβMalley promised to overhaul the Social Security Administrationβs often heavy-handed efforts to claw back money that millions of recipients.
Fed officials say changes made by Social Security
after a Channel 2 Action News &
@kffhealthnews.bsky.social investigation into what SSA head
Martin O'Malley calls "clawback cruelty" have reduced withholding rates for more than 34,000 people www.wsbtv.com/news/local/a...
19.11.2024 15:07
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