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Identity Theft - Feds Tighten Online Information Rules

By Steven Rodriguez

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The Federal Trade Commission this month started enforcing new rules geared to fight identity theft, the fastest growing crime in the U.S. Tightening regulations that govern how online documents are stored and requiring verification of identification, both online and off, is expected to trim the number of identity-theft complaints. Last year, 314,000 Americans filed identity-theft complaints with the FTC. A rash of stolen identity cases seems to have swept the country in the past year, causing problems for thousands of citizens. From stolen VA medical files to theft of utility account information to driver’s license records tossed in the trash, lack of due diligence and sometimes plain old common sense has incensed Americans. While credit card fraud topped the complaint list, ID theft cases involving utility accounts opened under someone else’s name (leaving the unaware consumer to pay the bills) accounted for 13% of cases reported to the FTC...continue to full post

Full post as published by LA Criminal Defense Blog on May 04, 2009 (boomark / email).