In 2017, over one million children’s records were stolen, study shows
Child identity theft is a crime that occurs when a person uses the information of a minor in order to commit fraud. There’s a number of reasons why children’s information is attractive for thieves. Mostly because a children’s credit report is clean, which allows thieves to use it for financial purposes and the crime can go unnoticed over a long period of time until it’s too late.
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