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Last Updated on Wednesday, 8 July 2009 02:26 Written by rslcpol Wednesday, 8 July 2009 02:26
From the Chicago Tribune:
Indiana says it will use a new law and improved services to better protect residents from identity theft.
A new state law creates the crime of synthetic identity theft to specify that combining parts of the identities of into a hybrid, fictional person in order to commit fraud is a felony punishable by six months to three years.
“With the downturn in the economy, criminals have become relentless in their efforts to steal the identities of consumers and fraudulently open lines of credit,” Attorney General Greg Zoeller said Tuesday. “Identity theft is devastating to victims and can take months or years to untangle.”