Federal Laws Related to Identity Theft

Citation
Federal Laws Related to Identity Theft (CRS Report RL31919) (Jan. 30, 2008) (full-text).

Overview
This report provides an overview of the federal laws that could assist victims of identity theft with purging inaccurate information from their credit records and removing unauthorized charges from credit accounts, as well as federal laws that impose criminal penalties on those who assume another person's identity through the use of fraudulent identification documents.