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How Identity Thieves Get Away Free and Clear

By Paul Knight
Houston Press | June 30, 2009
Police and prosecutors can't seem to catch up to the growing number of identity theft crimes each year. The Houston Police Department alone receives about 1,400 identity theft complaints each month, and usually, those result in about 25 arrests. Not 25 percent. Twenty-five arrests. Meanwhile, the victims are often forgotten, left to deal with cleaning up the mess on their own.
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Tags: credit bureaus, fake IDs, financial-crime investigations, stolen personal information, crime, identity theft, economic issues

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