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SPOTLIGHT STORY
Identity theft is a burden on the victim

M. E. Kabay By M. E. Kabay
Identity theft is the fastest growing form of fraud today. Criminals use Social Security numbers and other information gleaned from public records to establish lines of credit in the victim's name and then assign their debts to the unsuspecting victim. One of the greatest difficulties is that identity theft reverses the burden of proof to the victim. Read full story

M. E. Kabay, PhD, CISSP-ISSMP is Program Director of the Master of Science in Information Assurance and CTO of the School of Graduate Studies at Norwich University in Northfield, Vt. Mich can be reached by e-mail and his Web site.

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