As anticipated in my previous post, “CIMIP to Release Landmark Study on Identify Theft”, The CIMIP report, called “Identity Fraud Trends and Patterns: Building a Data-Based Foundation for Proactive Enforcement”, has been released. It can be downloaded, for free, here.
The executive summary of this report mentions that: “The purpose of this study was to provide empirical evidence on which law enforcement can base enhanced proactive identity theft control and prevention efforts. It focuses on identity theft offenders, which sets it apart from previous surveys and other research which have centered on identity theft victims. As a result of the study of closed United States Secret Service cases with an identity theft component (2000-2006), empirical data concerning the key factors relevant to the criminal behavior of identity thieves and the conditions under which that behavior occurs are available to law enforcement agencies and corporate security and fraud investigators for the first time.”
This report covers various topics, including: Goals and Values of the Study, The Empirical Approach, Findings, The Offenders,The Commission of the Crime, Victimization, Recommendations and Conclusions. It is worth reading it: it provides an interesting perspective and analysis on Identity Thefts based on factual information.
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