School district fears identity theft.

The Mountain Home School District in Idaho has notified its employees that its employee database may have been compromised and that they should be aware of potential identity theft problems. Superintendent Tim McMurtrey was notified by the Idaho State Police of the potential problem last week after Jerome County Sheriff’s deputies arrested two people in a Twin Falls motel, originally on drug charges. In the course of their investigation authorities discovered a whole series of allegedly forged or stolen driver’s licenses and $17,000 in counterfeit checks. A number of the drivers licenses were in the names of Caldwell School District, ID, employees and several of the checks, which displayed the Caldwell School District logo on them, were apparently meant to be drawn on the Caldwell School District account. In addition, however, authorities also found a list of Mountain Home School District employees and their Social Security numbers. At present, there is not evidence to suggest those names or numbers had been used by the suspects, McMurtrey said. Mountain Home School District employs over 300 staff.
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