Fox6 puts a human face on the problems of identity theft, with a focus on how the IRS has not notified people whose identity information (Social Security number) was misused. Frustratingly, the IRS was saying it couldn’t disclose such information because of the privacy rights of the identity thieves. A law passed to remedy some of the problem has been only partially helpful as the IRS still has not done a good job of alerting people when their SSN is being misused.
Read one couple’s story on Fox6.