Author: Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428976280
Category : Credit card fraud
Languages : en
Pages : 67
Book Description
Identity fraud information on prevalence, cost, and Internet impact is limited : briefing report to congressional requesters
Author: Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428976280
Category : Credit card fraud
Languages : en
Pages : 67
Book Description
Identity Fraud
Author: United States. General Accounting OfficePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 63
Book Description
Identity fraud--the stealing of such personal identification information as a social security number, date of birth, or mother's maiden name--appears to be increasing and is a factor in various financial crimes. Criminals may use this information to fraudulently establish credit, run up debt, or take over existing financial accounts. The methods used to obtain personal identifying information can range from basic street theft to sophisticated organized crime schemes involving the use of computerized databases or the bribing of employees with access to customer or personnel records. Currently, no federal agency has overall or primary jurisdiction for investigating such fraud, which is difficult to track because there is no standardized definition of identity fraud. The scope or types of identity fraud can range from unauthorized use of a credit card to the total takeover of a person's identity. GAO found no comprehensive statistics on the prevalence of identity fraud, although it did obtain limited statistics from some federal agencies. For example, a Secret Service official provided GAO with arrest statistics for the agency's financial-crimes investigation cases considered to be directly associated with identity fraud. As reported by the Secret Service, arrests in these cases totaled 8,806, 8,686, and 9,455, respectively, for fiscal years 1995, 1996, and 1997. This report discusses (1) law enforcement's responsibilities for investigating identity fraud and the difficulties in tracking such crime; (2) statistics or other data showing the prevalence of identity fraud; (3) the costs of identity fraud; and (4) identity fraud and the Internet, including the status of self-regulation by computerized database services that collect and disseminate personal identifying information. GAO, which asked credit bureaus for revenue figures associated with selling personal identifying information, also discusses the effects on businesses if such sales were restricted.
Identity Theft
Author: United States. General Accounting OfficePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Consumer credit
Languages : en
Pages : 78
Book Description
Identity Fraud
Author: U S Government Accountability Office (GPublisher: BiblioGov
ISBN: 9781289274382
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 70
Book Description
The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) is an independent agency that works for Congress. The GAO watches over Congress, and investigates how the federal government spends taxpayers dollars. The Comptroller General of the United States is the leader of the GAO, and is appointed to a 15-year term by the U.S. President. The GAO wants to support Congress, while at the same time doing right by the citizens of the United States. They audit, investigate, perform analyses, issue legal decisions and report anything that the government is doing. This is one of their reports.
Identity Fraud
Author: Richard M. StanaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : False personation
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Identity Fraud
Author: United States. General Accounting OfficePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Credit card fraud
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
Financial Identity Theft
Author: Nicole S. van der MeulenPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9067048143
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
The existence of financial identity theft in the United States, and its (gradual) spread to other areas of the world, increases the need to understand how identity theft occurs and how perpetrators of the crime manage to take advantage of developments within contemporary society. This book aims to provide such an understanding through an in-depth comparative analysis which illustrates how states, financial service providers, consumers, and others facilitate the occurrence of financial identity theft in the United States and the Netherlands.
Identity Theft in Today's World
Author: Megan McNallyPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0313375895
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 229
Book Description
This book accurately identifies the various forms of identity theft in simple, easy-to-understand terms, exposes exaggerated and erroneous information, and explains how everyone can take action to protect themselves. Identity theft is a classic crime with a modern (and perhaps decidedly American) twist. The rise of technology over the past few decades—and its influence on the processes of modernization and globalization—has created many new opportunities for identity theft both locally and internationally. Moreover, this process has transformed the nature of identity from something largely personal to something almost purely financial. Although identity theft is not a global crime per se, it does pose a pervasive and universal threat that will need to be acknowledged and addressed by many nations throughout the world. In this text, author Megan McNally examines the concept of identity theft in universal terms in order to understand what it is, how it is accomplished, and what the nations of the world can do—individually or collectively—to prevent it or respond to it.
Identity Fraud
Author: James B. HuntPublisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 9780788180286
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 63
Book Description
Identity fraud involves "stealing" another person's personal identifying info., e.g. Social Security #, date of birth, and mother's maiden name. Criminals use such info. to fraudulently establish credit, run up debt, or to take over financial accounts. This report covers: (1) law enforcement's responsibilities for investigating identity fraud and the difficulties in tracking such crime; (2) statistics or other data showing the prevalence of identity fraud; (3) the costs of identity fraud; and (4) identity fraud and the Internet, including the status of self-regulation by computerized database services that collect and disseminate personal identifying information.
Ggd-98-100br Identity Fraud
Author: United States Accounting Office (GAO)Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781984340740
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
GGD-98-100BR Identity Fraud: Information on Prevalence, Cost, and Internet Impact is Limited