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Speaker: Am I responsible if the thief commits a crime while using my identity?
Linda Sherry:No, as a victim of identity theft you are not responsible for the crime or for any of the ill-gotten gains that came out of the crime. However, time and money and the rest of the hassle of dealing with this crime falls squarely on you. So it really is up to you, you are going to have to spend a lot of time talking to lawyers. You may have to spend money; you may have to prove your innocence and this is the real cost of ID theft.
Expert: Linda Sherry
Director, National Priorities
http://www.consumer-action.org
Email: editor@consumer-action.org
Linda Sherry, Consumer Action’s director of national priorities and one of the organization’s chief spokespersons, joined the San Francisco-based national consumer education and advocacy group in 1994 from a background as a weekly newspaper reporter.Consumer Action (www.consumer-action.org), founded in 1971, has a national reputation for free multilingual consumer education on personal finance More »
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In this video, Linda Sherry details the best ways to prevent identity theft and what you can do if you think your identity has been stolen.
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Tags: Id, Theft, Identity, Fraud, Internet, Abuse, Stolen, Scam
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