Cover - Blueprint ID Theft

From billions lost to billions saved: A blueprint for beating synthetic IDs

Synthetic identity theft, in which fraudsters stitch together real and fake identification details to create a brand-new identity, is now the fast...

Read Time: 34 mins By: Dustin J. Eaton, CFE, Frank McKenna

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