Some sensitive information found its way into a dumpster at an Omaha strip mall. It could have been a real problem had the wrong person found the paperwork.

A Check 'n Go customer who doesn't want her identity known says a stranger found personal information about her in the dumpster.

She says, "It has my driver's license number on here, Social Security number and I honestly can't believe they didn't bother to get rid of it properly."

A woman walking behind a strip mall in south-central Omaha says she found about three dozen credit applications in an open dumpster that sits behind a Check 'n Go branch.

A manager says she doubts customer credit applications could have been found in the dumpster because they use a shredding service but the documents turned over to 6 On Your Side have complete financial records on about 35 people.

The information includes bank account and social numbers, utility bills and automatic deposit information for paychecks, even a PIN number.

La Vista Police Detective Ray Harrod says, "This is a gold mine for people engaged in identity theft."

Detective Harrod broke a major identity theft case several months ago so he knows how this kind of information can be used.

He says, "You can get a banking and checking account. You can buy a vehicle. You can get cell phones, utilities."

The attorney general's office says there's no law in Nebraska requiring check-cashing businesses to shred sensitive documents however there are some new federal regulations. Whether or not the discovery of these credit applications in a dumpster violates federal law needs further investigation.

Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning, who has been leading a fight against identity theft, is shocked by the discovery of financial information in an Omaha dumpster. He asked 6 on Your Side to hand deliver the credit applications so his office can look into what happened.

Our call to the corporate office for Check 'n Go was not returned.