Identity Theft 911 releases a new study on identity theft in California

Posted by Caitlin on August 14th, 2008

Identity Theft 911, an identity theft protection provider, released a new study this week detailing the impact of identity theft in California. The study includes some interesting statistics, such as:

• Nearly 1.5 million Californians were victims of identity theft in 2007
• Identity theft cost Californians an estimated $749 million in out of pocket expenses in 2007
• Californians spent an estimated six million hours resolving identity theft issues in 2007
• 16 of the top 50 cities with the highest number of consumer identity theft complaints are in California

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