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By Lori Fullbright, The News on 6
TULSA, OK - Identity theft is the fastest growing crime in America and usually involves someone using your identity to steal your money.The News On 6 found one victim who would have been thrilled if the suspect in her case only wanted money.
The real Sherie Harris had her driver's license was stolen in 2000. She says a woman now behind bars is using her name, birth date and social security number from that license. Sherie doesn't know the suspect, but, says whenever Taisha O'Brien gets arrested, it goes on Sherie's record.
By Laura Tillman, The Brownsville Herald
Immigrants who use false documents cannot be prosecuted for identity theft unless they know those documents belong to a real person, the Supreme Court ruled last week.
Local immigration attorneys called the ruling a "huge victory," saying government attorneys have frequently used the threat of an identity theft charge to intimidate undocumented immigrants into pleading guilty for lesser offenses. Identity theft carries a minimum sentence of two years.
"For the average undocumented immigrant who goes to the flea market and buys a social security card, how are they supposed to know if it belonged to a real person or not?" said Jodie Goodwin, a Harlingen-based lawyer who has been practicing immigration law for 14 years.
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