Ohio highway patrol: ID theft increase ‘alarming’!
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15 August 2010
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2 CommentsAssociated Press
Posted August 15th 2010
COLUMBUS: Ohio Highway Patrol troopers say they’re seeing an “alarming” increase in cases of identity theft.
The patrol says it has investigated 248 cases so far this year, compared to 114 by this time in 2009. The agency says the cases involve fraudulent identification discovered by troopers during traffic stops or phony paperwork turned in to the Bureau of Motor Vehicles by people seeking driver licenses, state ID cards and vehicle registrations.
Patrol investigators say they believe more people are attempting to use or create bogus documentation as part of what has become a nearly $10 billion identity theft business for organized crime. They also say some of the fraud may be the work of felons with warrants attempting to avoid capture by using some else’s ID.
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15 August 2010 at 1:44 pm