Identity Crime Investigations

Question 1

True/False
ID theft was established as the top complaint category in consumer fraud with 58 percent.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

True/False
As an investigator, you should advise the victim of any Victim Advocacy Program that may exist within their city, county, or state.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

True/False
Victims typically discover the crime immediately after it has occurred.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

True/False
So most of the evidence that will be obtained to support the identification of the criminal and support the prosecution is known as digital evidence.

Answer 4

True

Question 5

Select all that apply:
The Federal Trade Commission has defined Identity Theft/Fraud as: The illegal use (without consent) of another’s personal identifying information such as?

Answer 5

Credit card #s
Financial Records
SSN
DL Number

Question 6

True/False
The difficulty the investigators need to face when dealing with an ID theft incident and what really makes this type of crime individually-treated is that they actually have to face two investigative categories; victim or perpetrator.

Answer 6

True

Question 7

True/False
Digital evidence is any kind of digitally processed information that is stored in any sort of digital media.

Answer 7

True