What kind of crime is identity theft?
Identity theft is a crime of fraud through misrepresentation, which can occur in many ways, such as calling someone and saying you represent a company in an effort to obtain personal information such as credit card or Social Security numbers.TypesTwo main types of identity theft exist, according to the ID-theft-info website. Account takeover identity theft involves the perpetrator accessing existing accounts for personal use, usually changing the address to delay the victim’s discovery of the security breach, whereas true name identity theft involves the perpetrator assuming the victim’s full identity for such purposes as opening new accounts or to obtain employment under another identity than his own.White Collar CrimeIdentity theft, according to ID-theft-info.com, is considered a “white collar crime,” that is to say a crime committed primarily through a paper trail vs.
