In March, Legislators in the State of Washington addressed the issue of Identity Theft by passing bill SB5878 which requires police to file police reports for victims of identity theft to help them clear their names and also allows prosecutors to bring separate charges against an accused identity thief for each use of an individual's information. This bill reverses policy set in State v. Leyda (2006) where the Supreme Court held that a defendant can only be charged once—even when the ID is used multiple times.
Also,HB 2637 Promoting ID theft prosecutions allows records provided by out-of-state businesses to be authenticated by affidavit, rather than in person, in criminal cases to reduce time and expense in bringing ID theft prosecutions. (which is very low)
Both measures were supported by the Attorney General Rob McKenna. For more information, visit www.atg.wa.gov.
Thursday, May 1, 2008
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