Identity Theft In Texas

**Bill Harsey** · 07-19-2005, 16:47

Anyone know anything about Identity theft in Texas?

I have a contact who has had her identity stolen and she has been trying to do everything she can to put the pieces back together and is finding it a long hard road.
The police there seem to know who the perp is but won't tell her who it is.

Is this standard law enforcement practise?

**Ambush Master** · 07-19-2005, 18:19

Not a LEO, but I can see why they would not give her the info. First, if they have an ongoing investigation, the perp may not know about, telling someone who did it and them going and confronting the perp would blow the whole deal out of the water. Second, the perp could do harm to them or someone that went to confront the perp !!! Third, they could attack the perp and end up going to jail themselves, not to mention the liability issues!!!

Way too complicated to go into in detail !!!

Just my .02 !!!

**Roguish Lawyer** · 07-19-2005, 18:21

Why does she need to know who it is?

**Bill Harsey** · 07-19-2005, 21:26

Quote:

Originally Posted by Roguish Lawyer

Why does she need to know who it is?

My guess is it's the same as if someone stole something from me, I'd want to know who did it.

CoLawman · 07-19-2005, 23:05

Can't speak for Texas. In Colorado the identify would not be released until the investigation is closed. Ambush Master was correct. Once the individual is charged the victim will be notified (victim rights legislation requires it). Identity Theft has become a huge problem for the victims as well as law enforcement. I know that we have an Investigator assigned to work these cases full time. In most instances the victim is in one state and the dirtbag is in another state. So it requires alot of cooperation between jurisdictions. It is easy to identify the bad guy but prosecuting them takes perseverance and cooperation between agencies.

EarthPig2/75 · 08-09-2005, 09:51

Don't know if this will assist or not, but here's a spyware ID theft ring that was just discovered:
Story
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Roycroft201 · 08-09-2005, 16:18

That's scary.

But I can safely say that the bank account with $350,000 in it was NOT mine

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We've talked about security measures before. ( Some of you may recall that I logged in to my computer one day and found that a bug had infected it and that it went directly to my Personal Filing Cabinet and SENT OUT all the e-mails I had composed but did not send,(in my Send Later file) for one reason or another at the time - many times I was venting or it was a rant and I decided to wait 24 hours before sending it.....but then I forgot to delete it. SOOOOOO, many folks got weird e-mails from me that day, including one former "significant other" who got a boatload of ranting and raving e-mails in his inbox that day, thanks to that bug.

)

We are never really secure, are we ?

Endorphin Rush · 08-10-2005, 22:40

Mr. Harsey,

I am not from Texas, but on this subject I can indubitably state that I am BTDT. The unfortunate fact is that it IS going to be a "long hard road". Well, actually it will probably be a LONG road, but knowing how to respond to the situation should make things less HARD.

As to Law Enforcement not providing the actor's identity...I can think of a few reasons why that could be. If I may, what makes her think that the police know who the actor is?

As for what she needs to do on her end to take control of the situation, I am willing to be of assistance. I can provide some resources that might be of assistance her, and even personal advise, based on my personal experience.

Please PM if I can assist. I am willing to provide any personal contact information that would allow us to communicate.

Here are a few helpful sites to refer to:

http://www.creditreportproblems.com/identity_theft.htm

http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/credit/idtheft.htm

Bendo · 08-12-2005, 08:29

I can email you a PDF file from the NJ State Police, its not specific to NJ as most identity thefts occur accross state lines, it is a valuable resource when trying to patch up your credit credit history.
Yesturday we locked up a guy from New Jersey who produced a Texas drivers license with information from a California subject... His real first name was Eduardo, the stolen identity was for a Betty Joan, We were friggin in stitches.

Let me know if you want the PDF file or the link to the site were its located, don't know if I can post that.

Good Luck
Matt

brianksain · 08-18-2005, 09:04

I can probably help with that.

409-983-8643 office
409-540-6329 cell

BK