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To catch a thief; a personal story of identity theft

Ever wonder what it’s like to have your identity stolen?  

Fighting back now, an identity theft Web log set up by Karen Lodrick relates an everyday personal story of identity theft, the lackadaisical attitude of her bank – Wells Fargo – and the grim financial consequences. 

Six months later and Karen is still dealing with the fall-out from the affair – closing new accounts, tracking down forged ID documents – when entirely by chance she stumbles across the thief in a checkout line at Starbucks. 

What happens next would make a decent script for an episode of Law and Order...

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