ID Theft Scam Has Victims in 50 States and DC

  • From the Washington Post, ID Theft Scam Hits D.C. Area Residents
  • From ChoicePoint: Update on Identity Fraud Notification, 02/21/2005. This announcement includes a chart with a state-by-state accounting of the current number of victims of this scam, addresses the company’s plan to participate in the investigation of the fraud, and its plans to “guard against future fraud.”
  • Commentary posted today on the Washington Monthly.
  • Commentary, Copying California Law Isn’t Enough to Stop the Next ChoicePoint
  • Posted in: Cybercrime, E-Government, E-Records, ID Theft, Privacy