Ron,
The problem with the statistics you quote is that they can only be compiled from solved cases. According to the FBI only one of 700 identitity theft cases is ever resolved. It's much easier to solve an identity theft case when it can be traced back to a stolen wallet or someone's trash than it is to track a criminal from anywhere in the world who gathers the information annonymously from a government website.

An accurate interpretation of the statistics you provide would be to say 0.0014% of the sources for identity theft come from stolen wallets, trash etc. The truth is, we simply don't know the source for 0.9986% of the cases. We do, however, know that criminals are using government records online and I have documented multiple cases where either the criminal confessed to this being his source or investigators acknowledged the criminals use of online government records.

It seems to me that anyone who ignores what the FBI calls the fastest growing crime in America  and the fact that the criminals are being aided by our own government is sticking their heads in the sand for the sake of convenience.

Although I know you posted your headline of "Banning Wallets" with tounge in cheek, the fact is we can and should ban the government from posting the contents of our wallets online and many state and federal investigators are coming to the same conclusion.




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