Los Angeles Police detectives recently arrested a man believed to be involved in identity theft. The scenario is being played out time and time again. It's believed he found the number on one of those unsolicited credit card offers sent in the mail. This person is in custody, but it's up to the victim who had his Social Security number used to clean up his damaged credit. To KNX, this type of crime is becoming very popular and very troublesome.
Identity theft invades the privacy of a person's finances, and is hard to root out.
Law enforcement handled 32,000 identity fraud cases five years ago, three years ago that number went up to 500,000. The State Legislature needs to take action. Debra Bowen has a piece of legislation in the Senate which would tighten the use of Social Security numbers. That's the key that opens the door for these criminals. So state lawmakers must close it.