Agree on your identity theft recommendation. I was a victim of identity theft before we even called it that. It was a major pain in my neck, and it would probably be much worse today with computers and the internet. Lock them up and throw away the key.
I also agree on the identity theft opinions posted here. I was a victim of identity theft several years ago. The person was someone that I knew, but I had no idea that he was a conman. I went right to the local police with the person’s name, and a detective told me they were already aware that he was doing these things to people. He also told me, point blank, that even though he wished things would be different, nothing would be done to the person. I naively assumed the detective was used to dealing with violent crimes, so this one may have seemed mild to him... But he was absolutely right. Nothing was done to him, and he’s still out there, and certainly doing the same thing to others. Can you guess the ideology of the judge who could have sentenced him but chose not to???