The Most Significant Problems With Identity Theft Crimes

One of the most significant problems with identity theft crimes is the time lapse from the time the actual theft occurred to the time it is reported to authorities. The need for reporting the crime to the proper law enforcement agency is paramount because the victim will likely need the report that the investigator will generate once all of the relevant data is compiled. The $2000 minimum restitution may have been a good starting point when the law was enacted; it needs to be increased significantly. The only way to curtail these crimes is to make the punishment so extreme that the perpetrator will be fearful of getting caught because the penalties are so high. The felony classification should be of the first degree regardless whether
there was one identity stolen or one hundred. If the thief only stole one did they intend to do less harm than if they had stolen one hundred, not very likely.