HUBER HEIGHTS, Ohio–Police here say they are investigating what could be a “very large identity theft case” involving Chicago-based Alliant Credit Union.
According to police, as many as several-hundred bogus accounts from the Dayton, Ohio, area have been opened at Alliant Credit Union, which bills itself as “An online credit union for all your banking needs.” A call from a resident here reporting that an account had been opened in their name at ACU helped to launch the investigation, according to WDTN.
“Police contacted the credit union and learned the fraud department had identified several fraudulent accounts from the Dayton area and suspected several hundred more accounts from this area were fraudulent,” WDTN reported.
According to WDTN, the $9.5-billion Alliant Credit Union sent letters to the suspected fraudulent account holders earlier in the year requesting verification of the accounts, but received little to no answer from them. The fraud department suspected that the victims assumed it was some kind of credit card offer or a scam itself, WDTN said.
Police said Alliant has been assisting in the investigation.