Thursday, March 23, 2006

ID theft passport

Lawmakers in Iowa are proposing a special “passport” meant to protect victims of identity theft against false criminal action and credit charges. The “Identity Theft Passport” will be a card or certificate that victims of identity fraud can show to police or creditors to help demonstrate their innocence, Tom Sands, a state representative of the Iowa House and supporter of the proposal, said in an e-mail interview Tuesday. The passport can be presented to law enforcement officials to help prevent arrest or detention for an offense committed by someone using the victim’s identity, according to the text of the bill proposing the measure.

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