Identity Theft: The Nation's Fastest Growing Crime Wave Hits Seniors : Hearing Before the Special Committee on Aging, United States Senate, One Hundred Seventh Congress, Second Session, Washington, DC, July 18, 2002, Volume 4 |
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Page 38 - While the views expressed in this statement represent the views of the Commission, my oral presentation and responses to questions are my own and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Commission or any individual Commissioner.
Page 62 - It is almost always a component of one or more crimes, such as bank fraud, credit card or access device fraud, or the passing of counterfeit financial instruments.
Page 46 - Federal examination of financial institutions by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Office of Thrift Supervision and the National Credit Union Administration, and make recommendations to promote uniformity in the supervision of these financial institutions.
Page 66 - ... criminal activities. By working closely with other federal, state, and local law enforcement, as well as international police agencies, we are able to provide a comprehensive network of intelligence sharing, resource sharing, and technical expertise that bridges jurisdictional boundaries. This partnership approach to law enforcement is exemplified by our financial and electronic crime task forces located throughout the country.
Page 39 - This section penalizes the transfer or use of another person's "means of identification," which is defined as any name or number that may be used, alone or in conjunction with any other information, to identify a specific individual...
Page 48 - To reduce that burden, the FTC worked with industry and consumer advocates to create a standard form for victims to use in resolving identity theft debts.
Page 48 - ... worked with industry and consumer advocates to create a standard form for victims to use in resolving identity theft debts. From its release in August 2001 through April 2003, the FTC has distributed more than 293,000 print copies of the ID Theft Affidavit. There have also been more than 356,000 hits to the Web version.
Page 67 - ... Consequently, our task forces devote considerable time and resources to the issue of identity crime. Another important component of the Secret Service's preventative and investigative efforts has been to increase awareness of issues related to financial crime investigations in general, and of identity crime specifically, both in the law enforcement community and the general public. The Secret Service has tried to educate consumers and provide training to law enforcement personnel through a variety...
Page 46 - ... the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the National Credit Union Administration, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, and the Office of Thrift Supervision, and to make recommendations to promote uniformity in the supervision of financial institutions.
Page 63 - Identity crime is not targeted against any particular demographic; instead, it affects all types of Americans, regardless of age, gender, nationality, or race. Victims include everyone from restaurant workers, telephone repair technicians and police officers, to corporate and government executives, celebrities and high-ranking military officers. What victims do have in common is the difficult, time consuming, and potentially expensive task of repairing the damage that has been done to their credit,...