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| Topics and Issues | Credit repair (34) Identity theft (12) |
On April 17, 2017, the FTC announced in a blog post that it was eliminating the need for a police report for consumers who wish to file an identity theft complaint. The blog post was from Seena Gressin, an attorney in the Division of Consumer & Business Education at the FTC.
In September 2021, the FTC’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) reported that
[a]n FTC analysis of the complaints received during the first 6 months of calendar year 2021 revealed significant patterns that suggest a possible fraudulent use of IdentityTheft.gov. These patterns foretell a risk to the credibility of a high number of complaints within the system. In addition to raising concerns about violations of federal criminal law, a high volume of fraudulent complaints could require considerable FTC resources in identifying and implementing countermeasures—and, more broadly, could affect the FTC’s data and reputational integrity.