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06/07/2022

ITRC, LexisNexis Risk Solutions Release Report on Pandemic-Related Identity Fraud; Haywood Talcove Quoted

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A new report by LexisNexis Risk Solutions and the Identity Theft Resource Center has found that 42 percent of individuals who applied for pandemic-related benefits said they were victims of identity fraud that resulted in them either being denied benefits or being recipients of benefits they had not applied for.

ITRC and LexisNexis Risk Solutions surveyed more than 1,800 self-identified identity crime victims, consumers and government officials for the report and found that 24 percent of victims said their cases took six to 12 months to address and 8 percent of victims in 2021 said they consider their cases unresolved in April 2022, the two organizations said in a joint release published Thursday.

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