Identity Theft Can Happen To You!

My wife JoAnn and I were living a comfortable life in the Mid-West when my identity was stolen.  I was the victim of a career criminal who befriended my mother and learned the details of my life.  This allowed the criminal to assume my identity in order to continue his criminal activities.  He did this by charging over $100,000 in my name and ruining my credit.  We decided to take a negative situation and make it a positive.  The first positive step we took was to get the criminal arrested, convicted, and imprisoned for crimes unrelated to the Identity Theft he perpetrated on me.  We had to get him imprisoned on unrelated charges because there were no laws in Arizona that made stealing someone's identity a crime.

After moving back to Arizona where I was raised, we took another positive step.  I authored the Arizona State Law making it a felony to steal someone's identity.  We presented this law to Arizona State Senator Tom Smith, who helped us get the law passed and signed by the governor in 1996.  The Arizona law was the first of its kind in the nation.

The next positive step we took was contacting Senator Jon Kyl of Arizona.  He immediately saw a need for a federal felony law against Identity Theft, based on the Arizona state law.  He worked endlessly to help us get the new federal law passed unanimously through the United States Senate.  In the House of Representatives, Congressman John Shadegg of Arizona also worked endlessly to help us get the federal felony law passed and to the president, who signed the bill into law in October, 1998.

One of the key points in both laws is that now the victims of Identity Theft are allowed to seek restitution in court.

My wife, JoAnn, and I have helped hundreds of victims of Identity Theft throughout the United States.  We have even helped law enforcement personnel help other victims.  While helping others combat Identity Theft, we have learned a great deal about the law and the problems that victims face when criminals use their names for illegal purposes.  To share our knowledge more efficiently, JoAnn and I have written "IDENTITY THEFT: Problems and Solutions" to inform the public of this, the No. 1 robbery crime in America.  If you are interested in learning more, please visit the ORDER GUIDE page for more information.

You can also contact us for help in resolving your Identity Theft problem.  To contact us, send an email to:

idfraud@qwest.net  Please include the words "Victim Needs Help" in the subject line.

or send a postal letter to:

ID Theft Services, Inc.

A Non-Profit Educational Corporation

9408 S. 14th Avenue        

Phoenix, AZ 85041