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Mystery box of personal papers raises ID theft issues

Indiana contractor Larry McCorkle refinanced his mortgage last year, and somehow, his application wound up in a West Hempstead parking lot -- in a box filled with other borrowers' credit reports, mortgage leads and private information.

"Everything's there and who all's seen it?" said McCorkle, after hearing his and his wife's Social Security and bank account numbers recited to him. "Was it...

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