Is ID theft a consumer advocacy issue?

perfectchicken · May 23, 2008

I mean, since consumers are the most victimized. I was just wondering whether to put this thing here.

Jocelyn S. Kirsch and Edward K. Anderton are “poster children for identity theft.” The couple targeted strangers, coworkers, neighbors and friends. Their victims included another couple from whom they stole information, first when they were guests and later when they robbed their hosts’ home.

The criminal complaint against the couple outlined their activities, which ranged from stealing purses at a Center City bar to establishing multiple accounts under different names and wearing disguises to withdraw money from some of those bank accounts. The couple would buy time to make illegal credit card purchases by calling the victims of purse-snatchings and telling them that the bag had been taken accidentally or had been found by police and would be returned.

Apparently, they went on a massive shopping spree with the stolen cash. Kirsch and Anderton allegedly used the money to fund trips to Paris, Hawaii, Florida, Montreal and the Caribbean between November 2006 and last December.
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Full Link at: http://blog.trustedid.com/?p=605

It's nasty. Now you're going to have to be so paranoid about your information because some jerks might be looking through your trash or pawing at your bag, looking for things to ruin your credit with

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