{"id":21490,"date":"2012-12-20T17:31:04","date_gmt":"2012-12-20T22:31:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rbachnet.wwwmi3-ss40.a2hosted.com\/index.php\/"},"modified":"2021-08-15T13:24:29","modified_gmt":"2021-08-15T17:24:29","slug":"detroit-leader-in-identity-fraud-ringsover-10000-identity-fraud-rings-active-in-the-u-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/detroit-leader-in-identity-fraud-ringsover-10000-identity-fraud-rings-active-in-the-u-s\/","title":{"rendered":"Detroit Leader in Identity Fraud Rings"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Detroit<\/a>Motown has a new not-so-good title. ID Analytics<\/a>‘ ID:<\/a>A Labs<\/a> has identified the metro Detroit area<\/a> as one of the top areas for identity fraud. According to their research, there are over 10,000 identity fraud rings in the U.S., and the three-digit ZIP codes with the most fraud rings are around Washington DC<\/a>; Tampa, FL.<\/a>; Greenville, MS<\/a>; Macon, GA<\/a>; Detroit<\/a>; and Montgomery, AL.<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Detroit\"The credit rating bureau says an identity fraud ring is a group of people actively collaborating to commit identity fraud. Help Net Security<\/em> reports<\/a> this study is the first to investigate the interconnections of identity manipulators and fraudsters to identify rings of criminals working in collaboration.<\/p>\n

While many of these fraud rings involve two or more career criminals, surprisingly, others are family members or groups of friends. The article says that ring members operate by either stealing victims\u2019 identities or improperly sharing and manipulating personal identifying information such as dates-of-birth (DOB) and Social Security numbers (SSNs) on applications for credit and services.<\/p>\n

Other findings of the study include:<\/p>\n