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ID forgers jailed

The family of illegal immigrants busted last year for running a fake passport factory in London have been jailed.
 
The police haul included 60 blank Spanish passports, 150 Portuguese passports, 32 Italian passports, 200 blank Portuguese identity cards, 150 UK national insurance cards, £1,400 in cash and a variety of forged utility bills.

The ringleader received a five-and-a-half year [...]

Double Whammy

Welsh Lib Dem AM Peter Black brings our attention to Cabinet Minister James Purnell who has misplaced important documents for a second time.
Rather than poke fun at the unfortunate Mr Purnell, I’d like to second what Peter Black says:
The purpose of this post is not to draw attention to Mr. Purnell’s double whammy, though he [...]

A psychology lesson from Canada

Have a read of this article from the Calgary Herald, describing the experience of Alicia Paziuk who suffered a case of identity fraud this year.
According to the article, 10,000 Canadians suffered from identity fraud in 2008, losing a total of $8.8m. But what interests us is the psychological effect on the victims:
“It really can shake [...]