Thousands of Financial Records May Have Been Stolen From Banks

Over 100,000 customers of Wachovia Bank and Bank of America have been notified by the banks that employees may have stolen their financial records. "We are trying to communicate with our customers as promptly as possible," said Bank of America spokeswoman Alex Liftman. "So far, we have no evidence that any of our customer information has been used for account fraud or identity theft." The records in question are said to have been sold to collection agencies in New Jersey. Bank of America has notified nearly 60,000 customers, and Wachovia has identified nearly 48,000 customers whose info may have been stolen. Murdok. Visit Murdok for the