FTC Launches New Program to Help ID Theft Victims
The FTC is launching a program that should make it easier for victims of identity theft to alert creditors and merchants to fraudulent activity on their accounts. The FTC hopes its ID Fraud Affidavit will simplify the reporting process by allowing victims to send the same form to dozens of credit issuers and merchants that have agreed to participate in the program.FTC Launches Program To Ease ID Theft Reporting Newsbytes, Feb. 5, 2002
