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<P>Private information, free for the taking is discovered in the trash. Bixby
police say a company was willing to let anyone, including identity thieves, have
access to thousands of social security numbers, bank records and more. Utica
Title and Escrow went out of business and put about 200 boxes of personal papers
in a storage unit. The storage company says they stopped paying their monthly
rent, so the storage place had no choice but to get rid of everything. News On 6
crime reporter Lori Fullbright reports they had no idea the boxes contained a
mother load of private information, including social security numbers, bank
accounts and pay stubs.</P>
<P>An anonymous tip led Bixby police to a stack of boxes in and a trash dumpster
Tuesday night. Officers couldn't believe the gold mine of personal information
they found. Authorities say an identity thief could've turned the information
into millions.</P>
<P>"It was amazing. I didn't understand how big it was until I got to the scene
and saw for myself, looked through the boxes and saw how much stuff was in
there," said Bixby Police Chief James Kite. </P>
<P>The boxes belonged to Utica Title and Escrow and had been stored at a storage
unit in Bixby. When Utica quit paying rent the storage company went through the
legal process to be able to sell everything left behind, and whatever doesn't
sell is trashed. No one wanted to buy boxes of paper so the boxes were thrown
out.</P>
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