Wrong man arrested; was ID theft victim - Roanoke,VA,USA (AP) - Ricky R. Smith of Petersburg learned the hard way he'd been victimized by identity theft - he was arrested for failing to appear in court...

Synthetic ID Theft
WTMJ-TV - Milwaukee,WI,USA
That client was a victim of Synthetic Identity Theft. Unlike traditional ID theft, crooks steal your social security number, and tie it to a different name. ...


Credit bureaus fight consumer-ordered freezes
USA Today - USA
"A lot of people are simply being affected by identity theft, and (consumers) want to be able to do something about it before it gets really messy," says ...