Identity theft often linked to other crimes

Thursday, April 20, 2006

Before identity theft officially became a crime in 1999, perpetrators were instead given charges like stealing by deceit, forgery or maybe counterfeiting. There was also the occasional fraudulent use of a credit device charge.

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