Identity Theft

According to the United States Bureau of Justice Statistics, an estimated 17.6 million people age 16 and up were victims of identity theft in 2014 alone. This includes 8.6 million victimized due to fraudulent use of a credit card, and two-thirds of all victims faced a direct financial loss (Erika Harrell, “17.6 MILLION U.S. RESIDENTS EXPERIENCED IDENTITY THEFT IN 2014,” Bureau of Justice Statistics, September 27, 2015, https://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/press/vit14pr.cfm). Identity theft is an i...