Slump fuels ID crime hike

摘要

The recession has led to a surge in identity theft, which rose by almost a third since 2008, as criminals find it harder to commit other forms of fraud, according to a report by Cifas.rnThe UK fraud prevention body's 2009 Fraud Trends report reveals that it is harder for thieves to con banks using fake identities because credit and loans are not granted as freely as they were before the recession.rnInstead, the thieves are focusing on account takeover, whereby criminals gather personal information about their victims to infiltrate their credit card or bank accounts.