{"id":12614,"date":"2018-08-06T08:51:48","date_gmt":"2018-08-06T13:51:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/?p=12614"},"modified":"2018-08-06T09:04:18","modified_gmt":"2018-08-06T14:04:18","slug":"fast-fact-identity-fraud-is-a-crime-no-really-even-for-illegal-aliens-title-18-united-states-code-section-1028","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/2018\/08\/06\/fast-fact-identity-fraud-is-a-crime-no-really-even-for-illegal-aliens-title-18-united-states-code-section-1028\/","title":{"rendered":"Fast Fact: Identity fraud is a crime! No, really! Even for illegal aliens! Title 18 United States Code &#8211; Section 1028"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/id-fraud_573x300.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-12619\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/id-fraud_573x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"573\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/id-fraud_573x300.jpg 573w, https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/id-fraud_573x300-300x157.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 573px) 100vw, 573px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Identity Theft and Assumption Deterrence Act of 199<\/strong>8 which became effective October 30, 1998, makes identity theft a Federal crime with penalties up to 15 years imprisonment and a maximum fine of $250,000. It establishes that the person whose identity was stolen is a true victim. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ckfraud.org\/title_18.html\">Here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Identity Theft and Assumption Deterrence Act of 1998 &#8211; Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit identity fraud. Imposes penalties upon anyone who, in interstate or foreign commerce or through the use of a communication facility, knowingly, with intent to defraud, and in order to receive payment or any thing the aggregate value of which is at least $1,000: (1) receives, acquires, obtains, purchases, sells, transfers, traffics in, steals, possesses, or uses any personal identifier, identification device, personal information or data, or other document or means of identification of any other entity or person; (2) assumes, adopts, takes, acquires, or uses the identity of any other entity or person; or (3) attempts, solicits another person, or conspires with another person to commit such offense. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/105th-congress\/house-bill\/3601\">Here<\/a>. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;That 20-year-old law carries with it penalties of up to 15 years in prison and a maximum fine of $250,000.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Authorizes the United States Secret Service to investigate offenses under this Act, subject to terms of an agreement to be entered with the Secretary of the Treasury.<\/p>\n<p>Directs the United States Sentencing Commission to amend the Federal sentencing guidelines to provide for sentencing enhancements for a defendant who is convicted of an offense under this Act in connection with another specified offense, based on: (1) the number of victims involved; (2) whether the offense involves the stealing or destroying of a quantity of undelivered U.S. mail; and (3) the potential loss that could have resulted from such offense.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; The Identity Theft and Assumption Deterrence Act of 1998 which became effective October 30, 1998, makes identity theft a Federal crime with penalties up to 15 years imprisonment and a maximum fine of $250,000. It establishes that the person whose identity was stolen is a true victim. Here. Identity Theft and Assumption Deterrence Act [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12614"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12614"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12614\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12622,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12614\/revisions\/12622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}