Florida DMV
This is the sad story of Florida's Department of Motor Vehicles and a truck driver by the name of Roldolfo Fernandez.
Mr. Fernandez drives a debris truck. Florida DMV is pretty much the full load.
Mr Fernandez is a "solid employee" according to his employer, Eileen Damaso of World Waste Services, and earns about 35,000 a year clearing up our messes and hauling away trash heaps. He's also a young man with a child to support.
But he isn't driving these days and won't for at least another month. His identity was stolen and whoever swiped it then used it to obtain a driver's license in his name. Shortly afterward a rolling crime spree began and the real Mr Fernandez began racking up tickets and fines in states all over the Northeast - without his knowledge.
Mr Fernandez can prove he was in Florida when this happened. His time sheets show he was hard at work. Yet Florida DMV spokeman Frank Penela responded only by offering Mr Fernandez an additional 30 days to prove his case, stating, "Under federal law there are no hardship provisions".
House Rep Julio Robaina, a friend of employer Damaso, is trying to help by using his influence as a member of the Florida Transportation Committee, but admits that Fernandez will probably receive a 1 year suspension of his license if he isn't able to soon prove his innocence.
According to the Federal Trade Commission, there were 14,000 people in Miami-Ft Lauderdale who reported falling victim to identity theft last year. Increased use of the internet is said to be a major contributing factor.
"The Internet." Sounds so anonymous, doesn't it?
Well unless they've come up with a machine capable of lurking in a dark alley selling your identity, a more reasonable place to start looking is what's offered on the internet and by whom.
An easy first guess is your local land registry or recorder's office, which publishes full documents online containing names, addresses, social security numbers, copies of signatures, bank accounts, and more. All the things needed to steal an identity and much of what's required by Florida DMV.
If House Rep Julio Robaina really wants to help Mr Fernandez and countless others, he should take stern, swift action to shut down the information pipeline provided to criminals by the county recorder offices. Until that happens, the number of innocent victims will continue to skyrocket and Florida DMV will continue to stick its head in the sand.
For more information and ways you can get involved, go to www.FindMyID.com
Mr. Fernandez drives a debris truck. Florida DMV is pretty much the full load.
Mr Fernandez is a "solid employee" according to his employer, Eileen Damaso of World Waste Services, and earns about 35,000 a year clearing up our messes and hauling away trash heaps. He's also a young man with a child to support.
But he isn't driving these days and won't for at least another month. His identity was stolen and whoever swiped it then used it to obtain a driver's license in his name. Shortly afterward a rolling crime spree began and the real Mr Fernandez began racking up tickets and fines in states all over the Northeast - without his knowledge.
Mr Fernandez can prove he was in Florida when this happened. His time sheets show he was hard at work. Yet Florida DMV spokeman Frank Penela responded only by offering Mr Fernandez an additional 30 days to prove his case, stating, "Under federal law there are no hardship provisions".
House Rep Julio Robaina, a friend of employer Damaso, is trying to help by using his influence as a member of the Florida Transportation Committee, but admits that Fernandez will probably receive a 1 year suspension of his license if he isn't able to soon prove his innocence.
According to the Federal Trade Commission, there were 14,000 people in Miami-Ft Lauderdale who reported falling victim to identity theft last year. Increased use of the internet is said to be a major contributing factor.
"The Internet." Sounds so anonymous, doesn't it?
Well unless they've come up with a machine capable of lurking in a dark alley selling your identity, a more reasonable place to start looking is what's offered on the internet and by whom.
An easy first guess is your local land registry or recorder's office, which publishes full documents online containing names, addresses, social security numbers, copies of signatures, bank accounts, and more. All the things needed to steal an identity and much of what's required by Florida DMV.
If House Rep Julio Robaina really wants to help Mr Fernandez and countless others, he should take stern, swift action to shut down the information pipeline provided to criminals by the county recorder offices. Until that happens, the number of innocent victims will continue to skyrocket and Florida DMV will continue to stick its head in the sand.
For more information and ways you can get involved, go to www.FindMyID.com
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