Essays on Identity Theft

    Identity theft occurs when an individual impersonates someone else, usually for financial gain. Nebraska penal code 28-608 is referred to as: criminal impersonation; penalty; restitution, and it allows for felonies and misdemeanors depending on how much financial gain was attempted through the use of criminal impersonation. The Texas statute falls under penal Code 32.51…

You arrive home late one night after a difficult day at work. You are exhausted, famished, and in pain, longing to lay down. Upon picking up the mail, you notice an unfamiliar letter from a credit card company. Tentatively, you open the envelope, uncertain of what awaits you. Suddenly, an overwhelming sense of fear engulfs…

The term “identity term” conjures an image of stolen identities, security breaches, fake credit cards, and ransomware plaguing your laptops/phones. And to a large extent these images hold true, but the stark reality is further elaborated with harrowing stories as well as tarnished reputations. To familiarize everybody with the topic of “identity theft”, we first…

Identity Theft People in the society need to protect their identity. Identity theft is a serious crime that many people seem to get away with. The reason why identity theft is so serious is because many people do not realize that someone has stolen their identity until they end up in debt. One of the…

Established in 2005 Identity Protection Company, LifeLock, marketed to the world that the organization would monitor its client’s credit scores and numerous other financial dealings to guard their identity. The organization declared that if any of its client’s identity was taken without consent the company would not only repair it but reimburse them for lost…

In today’s world, we are all in some way connected to or involved with the internet. We all use different services that we feel either enrich our lives or make them more enjoyable every day, from email to FaceBook, MySpace, and e-commerce. We all take a sort of false comfort in the basic anonymity of…

The theft and trafficking of goods belonging to the artistic and archaeological heritage is a factor that affects all the territories of the world, from the poorest as exporters to the richest mainly as importers. This activity is not a novelty of our time indeed it is a phenomenon that already belongs to the past…

“Cyberspace allows our darkest fantasies to be fueled by the like minded. Once validated they are one step closer to becoming reality.” -Michael Nuccitelli, The Mind of a Cyber Criminal. Technology is everywhere. You see it wherever you go when you got out to eat, drive down the road, go to the doctors; in fact…