IDENTITY THEFT

Identity Theft

Topic Statement

Criminals have developed from picking pockets to using more complicated methods of theft. Today, thieves can steal personal information and make use of other person's identity to commit many forms of fraud. Identity theft, the criminal act of assuming another person's name, address, social security number, and date of birth in order to entrust fraud, affects approximately 350,000 to 500,000 victims yearly. Fraud is deliberately deceiving a person or business in order to gain property or some legal right. Identity theft differs from other forms of less calculated deception.

For instance, a juvenile using someone else's driver's license to ...