Sally was at a shopping mall buying spring clothing. When she went to pay, all of her credit cards had reached their limits. Later that afternoon, Sally called her credit card companies and was told that someone had been using her name and social security number to make large purchases. Name and define the crime that has been committed. What act has the U.S. Congress passed in response to this crime? What does this act prohibit?
What will be an ideal response?
Identity theft is the theft of one’s name and other identifying information that may cause economic damage. The U.S. Congress passed the Identity Theft and Assumption Deterrence Act in 1998, which created the crime of identity theft and prohibits the knowing transfer or use, without lawful authority, of the means of identification of another person with the intent to commit, or to aid or abet, any unlawful activity.
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