Hutto, Round Rock, Cedar Park, Tyler Texas ID Theft Ring

This is an absolute classic example of one of the Identity Theft scenarios we discussed in class, why this economy may see more examples just like this and why your company should take clear steps to protect itself:

1. A [former] employee steals PII from a company
   
2. PII used to compromise [former] clients of the company
3. PII used to create new documents and facilitate "Aggravated Identity Theft"
4. The ID Thieves were organized to commit this criminal activity
   

As more people lose jobs and are laid off in our current economy, more people may see the attractiveness of this type of crime as a way to look out for themselves.

http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/txw/press_releases/2008/davis_group_austin_sent.pdf