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March 17, 2010
Survey Indicates Growing Incidence Of Medical Identity Theft.
McClatchy (3/4, Yip) reports, "The number of ID fraud victims jumped 12 percent in 2009, but consumers are becoming more educated and are filing more reports with law enforcement, according to Javelin Strategy & Research."
Experts "said the increase may be due to the economic downturn, when fraud rises historically." Notably, "a budding area is medical ID theft, in which thieves use your personal and health insurance information to obtain medical treatment or drugs. Javelin's survey found that the theft of medical records to commit ID fraud accounted for seven percent of all instances of ID theft in 2009, up from three percent in 2008."
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Recession is fueling a boom in insurance fraud," Tony Pugh, McClatchy Newspapers, March 11, 2010.
Posted by admin at March 17, 2010 09:13 PM