While the internet has only made identity theft easier for criminals in recent years, the web can also prove helpful in busting those posing as someone else. To wit: The family of a boy who died in 1972 at two months old recently found a man accused of posing as the deceased child while researching their family tree online. [More]
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Dead Child’s Family Uses Ancestry.com To Find Man Accused Of Stealing His Identity
By Mary Beth Quirk 4.13.17

4 Suspects Arrested For Keeping People In "Dungeon" To Steal Their Social Security Checks
By Ben Popken 10.20.11
Four suspects have been arrested after being accused of a diabolical scheme where they locked up people in a basement and stole their Social Security checks. [More]