Thirteen million people in the United States are victims of identity theft every single year and the growing use of social media, followed by the advances in digital technology, has made it all the more possible for cases of identity theft to pop up like mushrooms. We put more than we mean to on the […]
Distance Yourself from Identity Theft Thieves
In an age when countless millions of people live on the Internet, it should not come as too big of a surprise that many identity theft thieves have set up shop online. While the numbers vary, it is estimated in a 2016 identity fraud study the total number of identity theft victims for the previous […]
Rep. Johnson refuses to support H.R. 744 – the Stopping Tax Offender and Prosecuting Identity theft act based on its expansion of mandatory minimum sentencing against those who engage in such fraud?
On September 8, 2014 Rep. Johnson of Georgia asked for and was granted permission to address the United States House of Representatives regarding H.R. 744, the Stopping Tax Offender and Prosecuting Identity Theft Act: “Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. (granted without objection – you may the gentleman from Georgia […]
“Identity theft is an expanding and recently shifting to include tax refund fraud”, according to Congressman Goodlatte of Virginia
On September 8, 2014 Congressman Bob Goodlatte of Virginia asked for and was granted permission to address the United States House of Representatives regarding H.R. 744, the Stopping Tax Offenders and Prosecuting Identity Theft Act: “Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Identity theft is a crime that leaves its victims […]
Child Identity Theft
Do you have a child that has been victimized by child identity theft? Millions of adults each year find themselves victimized by identity theft yet they rarely think to protect their children. An alarming and consistent fact among surveys, done over the past three years, shows that ten percent of all children in the U.S. […]
Identity Theft on the Rise in Virginia
By Bryan Nolde Capital News Service Shred all your documents displaying bank account and Social Security numbers. Be careful about sharing personal information on the Internet, and don’t respond to e-mails requesting it. Those are important ways to prevent your identity from being stolen, said Chip Muir, who prosecutes computer crimes in Virginia. If your […]
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