May 13, 2021
Identity theft in New York State nearly doubled during 2020 when compared to the previous year.
Data from the Federal Trade Commission and New York Comptroller shows that number of reported cases of identity theft increased by 85% year over year.
The local increase across New York was in line with broader trends nationwide.
Credit card fraud was the most commonly reported type identity theft, with nearly 25,000 cases statewide or .
COVID-19 did appear to be at least partially responsible for the increase.
Some 36-hundred cases of fraud were related to the pandemic…typically fraudulent attempts to obtain government benefits like expanded unemployment insurance.
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