Federal Law Toughens Identity Theft Penalties
From Times Wire Reports
President Bush signed legislation that toughened penalties for identity theft, which federal officials said cost U.S. consumers and businesses more than $50 billion last year.
The law expands the maximum penalty for identity theft from three to five years, and it clarifies that the 25-year maximum sentence for identity theft in facilitating terrorism applies to both international and domestic terrorism.
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