http://www.greeleytrib.com/article/20061212/NEWS/61212024
The Greeley Tribune is taking the affadavits for arrest warrants in the Swift plant ICE raid there 5 at a time, and gives you some background on the identity theft involved.
Do you think this is a victimless crime?
2006-12-12 08:02:31 · 17 answers · asked by DAR 7 in Politics & Government ➔ Immigration
Hi Dar. Been awhile been working hard and plan to work even harder soon.
Making an illegal U-Turn safely at 3AM when not even the rats are around is a victimless crime. Stealing someone's identity is reliveing someone else's control over their life to a criminal's own ends where the 'victimless' is expected to bear the responsibility. Even if you believe your identity is worthless wait until someone identify's themselves as you and then you have to face their consequences.
I believe some people separate their feeling of self from their identity so they disillusion themselves between the two. As Dr. Dwyer would say, that's an erroneous zone.
Identity is like money, it's only important when you don't have it. Who among us would leave our keys in our car and let it run with the door open in NYC, LA or DC or any local bad neighborhood to us then take the stand that it was our fault, they can keep the car when they steal it.
If you open your window from time to time and throw money out of it from time to time and care not that you can't support yourself because of it, then this doesn't apply to you.
This will be interesting to watch. In the past HS only offered them the ability to pay taxes under their own name with no help for the 'victimless'.
2006-12-12 14:07:39 · answer #1 · answered by yars232c 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, identity theft is not a victimless crime. At 23 yrs old, I was a victim of identity theft with an excellent credit score for my age its now in the 400's and I'm still trying to fight it. Who ever said that ID theft is a victimless crime needs to have their identity stolen so they will understand fully that's it true.
2006-12-12 16:07:04 · answer #2 · answered by Maria Gallercia 4 · 4⤊ 0⤋
It is not a victimless crime, I was just reading an article on ID theft just the other day, the people who out there gathering our information to sell are a couple steps ahead of us I will say that. I have read reports where victims of ID theft have to fight for years to get their name cleared. That is a headache I would rather not have to deal with.
2006-12-12 20:27:07 · answer #3 · answered by Hold em Rox 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
People have been in trouble with their taxes because of the use of their SS# by someone else. People have been denied assistance or had their credit affected by it. Others have been arrested for crimes in areas of the country they have never been. There is no such thing as a victimless crime.
2006-12-12 16:17:42 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
There is no denying that there can be no illegal alien that only breaks immigration law as some here are trying to say. It is only immigration law that is broken first, then they move on to crimes such as identity theft and others. Some here would also like to convince us that these crimes are not serious and to them i will say that any crime is serious to the victim. Although illegal immigration has negative repercussions for the entire nation it is more potent for those who have suffered as a result of identity theft.
2006-12-12 16:15:44 · answer #5 · answered by joeandhisguitar 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I hope they are punished for this,but I wonder if they will get anything more than a slap on the wrist for fear of being sued by illegals,but the people whos identity was stolen will be notified and they can sue the illegals right? Well I hope they keep investigating because this sort of thing is happening in every city in America.
2006-12-12 17:17:07 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
No its not victimless. It can ruin someone's life. It can take years to get your credit straightened out after your identity is stolen.
2006-12-12 16:21:07 · answer #7 · answered by Niecy 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
no I think no matter what identitiy theft is a crime where emtional wounds arent unavoidable.
it can go so many ways just because someone isnt hitting you doesnt mean its a victimlesscrime if anything its a mental crime. Its kinda like plagiarism....no one actually gets phsyically hurt but the person who spent all their time and effort working is getting robbed of their talents.....
2006-12-12 16:07:08 · answer #8 · answered by Stacy 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No- it's clearly a crime with a victim. The person who's had their credit rating destroyed, their bank account emptied, etc.
2006-12-12 16:24:34 · answer #9 · answered by Morey000 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
victimless my a**! my sister and riends are wanted as we speak for fraud,identity theft and more.i know a few of the vivtims who have 'been taken' for thousands of dollars that cant be replaced.you cant get blood out of a turnip!i agree with you they are definitely victims!
2006-12-12 16:10:47 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋