RadioShack sued over dumped records

Portland (Texas) - Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott is suing RadioShack Corporation for dumping customer records in a trash bin outside of a Portland Texas store. Approximately 20 boxes of records including customer’s names, addresses and credit card information were dumped and some were found by the local media.

Abbott is suing the company for violating the state’s 2005 Identity Theft Enforcement and Protection Act. RadioShack could be hit with a $50,000 fine per violation. In addition, the company could be hit with a $500 civil penalty for each record.

The records also contained Social Security numbers and phone numbers. Interestingly enough, one of the records was a receipt for a paper shredder that a woman purchased to protect against identity theft.