Business Identity Theft

The Department of Criminal Victims of the Ministry of Justice defines the theft of commercial personal information as a theft of personal information aimed at fraud or harm to business (eg, financial business identity, compelling).

Tax Fraud - Criminals use tax subsidies or other damage data to submit fraudulent declarations as refunds

The US Internal Revenue Service announced in 2017, "The theft of personal information by small business is an important company for thieves of identity theft, there is the possibility of stealing personal information like enterprises, using confidential information I opened a credit card account and was used to submit a counterfeit tax return "(Footnote 1)

In November 2014, the IRS Advisory Committee expressed concern about commercial theft of personal information and announced the following statement.

"The theft of commercial personal information may be more complicated than the theft of personal personal information ... and ... it may happen in various ways.The tax return of the unauthorized entity A higher refund tax deduction for the income tax return or a false withholding W - 2 fraud form can be submitted for a subsequent refund of multiple fraudulent personal income tax declarations Personal information theft may affect banks and corporate communities, revenue increases, corporate identity theft is increasing (footnote 2).

Although the US Federal Trade Commission's theft information exchange of personal information collects data on theft of consumer's personal information, it does not collect statistics on theft of commercial personal information. In 2016, the US Federal Trade Commission reported that the number of complaints of consumer identity theft complaints was 400,000, a slight decrease compared with the previous year. The cumulative number of victims is 17.6 million, accounting for 7% of the US population.

In October 2017, the personal information theft resource center served as one of the six sub-recipients to lead the national alliance under the auspices of the National Personal Information Theft Victim Support Network (NITVAN) I selected Cyber ​​Security Association. NITVAN is a nationwide partnership network aimed at creating, strengthening and providing victim assistance training on personal information theft and cyber crime related to personal information, strengthening and providing, and enhancing the ability to provide direct victim support services. This program provides resources for building and expanding regional, statewide, and community alliances, focusing on cyberspace threats. This award is funded through the Crime Victims Fund by the Department of Justice, Office of Crime Victims.

Commercial ID theft In the business identity theft scenario, actors are usually legitimate owner or representative of a legitimate company by obtaining credit of existing company name using a fake company's letterhead and contact It functions as. (This type of fraud is different from the theft of personal information that individual's personal information is at risk to gain credit of an individual's name.) The account is opened under the name of a trustworthy company, the goods are sold Yes, I often pretend to represent the company. Man

Although the US Federal Trade Commission's theft information exchange of personal information collects data on theft of consumer's personal information, it does not collect statistics on theft of commercial personal information. In 2016, the US Federal Trade Commission reported that the number of complaints concerning the theft of consumer identity was 400,000, a slight decrease compared to the previous year. The cumulative number of victims was 17.6 million, accounting for 7% of the US population. In October 2017, the personal information theft resource center served as one of the six sub-recipients to lead the national alliance under the auspices of the National Personal Information Theft Victim Support Network (NITVAN) I selected Cyber ​​Security Association. NITVAN is a nationwide partnership network aimed at creating, strengthening and providing victim assistance training on personal information theft and cyber crime related to personal information, strengthening and providing, and enhancing the ability to provide direct victim support services.

The theft of personal information is a major problem of the United States and it is increasing every year. In 2003, due to the theft of personal information, companies and consumers approached $ 53 billion, stealing personal information from about 10 million Americans (Dinev 77). In this case, the police are a bit lazy and do not want to be involved in the theft of personal information because they are difficult to investigate (Anderson). For other reasons, many other authorities do not want to participate in these crimes. These cases are not only difficult to solve but also very durable.