How to Deal With Being the Victim of Identity Theft (Real Examples)09 Feb
Four examples below
Lynette Geehan, a teacher in St. John’s in Canada, was a victim of identity theft. A childhood acquaintance who knew her name and date of birth was able to commit crimes using her identity.
Lynette is finding it difficult to check whether her name is not on any lists of people who have been convicted of committed crimes. ‘I went to the RCMP and they did their own investigation and they gave me a letter saying it doesn’t match the name and it doesn’t match the fingerprints associated with the name [of the criminal], but nobody seems to be able to get it off my record,’ she said.
Joe Salazar, 38, of Omaha, Nebraska spent a night in jail after calling the police to report a burglary at his home, and he also spent two weeks in jail – including last Christmas and New Year’s Day – after being pulled over for speeding. He had been the victim of identity theft.
Salazar believes the identity theft occurred after the unknown impostor stole his identification, date of birth, and Social Security number after he left his wallet behind at a restaurant years ago. Salazar feared losing his job at a local manufacturing company because his bosses might not believe that he was in jail due to a case of identity theft.
The person who stole his identity and used it had failed to appear for sentencing in a drug case,
Frank Norman from Newfoundland and Labrador had his wallet stolen more three years ago. A cook in St. John’s, Frank was first charged with stealing from a Wal-Mart store in Carbonear, about 110 kilometres west of the city, a store and community that Norman had never visited.
His identity had been misused. Even though the charges were dismissed after Frank went public, he now finds his name on the No-Fly list because a country wide warrant had been put out for his arrest for the Wal-Mart case. He is not allowed to fly from Canada to the US and the RCMP can do nothing about it.
Norman said he has a lawsuit pending against the RCMP and the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary for his treatment in connection with the false charges he faced.
Dwight Holmes’ wife, Tamika, was arrested and put in jail in Indianola, Mississippi. Tamika’s purse and everything inside it was stolen in late November 2009, after Tamika gave a ride to a former coworker. The wallet contained all her cards, including her social security card and driving license.
Tamika filed a report notifying police her identity had been stolen. She then discovered the person who stole it had committed check forgery and counterfeiting crimes in Bolivar, Olive Branch, and Indianola, Mississippi. She was at work at the time in Memphis when the crimes were committed, but the police are holding her while investigations are going on.
Popularity: 9% [?]
