Identity Thief’s Penalty Is Much Too Light
“Survey Sounds the Alarm on Identity Theft’s Scope” (July 22) detailed the ease with which identity theft is committed but really didn’t relate the massive damage this type of crime causes to the victims.
That aside, the most amazing detail of the story was the very light punishment given to one of the thieves, a minor. The thief “was barred from sending unsolicited e-mails and agreed to surrender $3,500 in profit.”
Talk about the punishment not fitting the crime.
As a victim of this type of crime, I have a thought: Someone like this identify thief should have been forbidden to touch a computer or use the Internet for life.
G. Taylor
Los Angeles
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