Forgery and Identity Theft
Answered by BOL Gurus Mary Beth Guard and Jack Holzknecht Bios
Question: Is forgery considered identity theft?
Answer: Yes. Identity Theft is defined as “a fraud committed or attempted
using the identifying information of another person without authority." The term
“identifying information” is defined as “any name or number that may be used,
alone or in conjunction with any other information, to identify a specific person,
such as a name. . . ." When an item is forged (whether a promissory note, a
mortgage, a signature card, a check), the thief is committing a fraud using the
identifying information of another person without authority.
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