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Identity theft can play a role in white-collar crimes ranging from money laundering to tax fraud.  Perhaps most interesting are the schemes which share identity theft and money laundering as common elements, like the one mentioned at "A Tax Fraud & Identity Theft From Miami".  Identity theft and money laundering are similarly…

My post "Pretexting During An Asset Search" explained that using false pretenses may violate privacy laws during an asset search.  "Attorney Christensen’s Wiretap Conviction" additionally mentioned the case of a California attorney who violated privacy laws by conspiring to wiretap a divorcing spouse’s phone. 

Privacy laws however, don’t just criminalize certain…

Attorney Terry Christensen was convicted along with private investigator Anthony Pellicano on August 29, 2008, as reported by The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal Law Blog.  According  to the criminal minutes from his trial, Mr. Christensen had been found guilty of his two-count indictment for violating 18 U.S.C. 371 (Conspiracy) and…

Privacy and other federal laws generally prohibit pretexting, (the use of false pretenses), when contacting a U.S. bank, phone company or government agency for confidential information.  One example of pretexting would be using a false identity while phoning a bank to elicit a bank customer’s personal account information.  If an information broker, private investigator,…

The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) at 15 U.S.C. § 6801 et. seq., protects the privacy of customers who provide information to U.S. financial institutions.  Although there are some important exceptions mentioned at 15 U.S.C. §6821(c) – (g), GLBA restricts access to  “nonpublic personal information” like bank account numbers, account balances, etc.  In some cases,…