Police combat toddler ID thefts
Imagine, at the age of 19, applying for a job only to find out you’ve been working since you were six. That’s what is coming to light, according to a Phoenix, Ariz. television station, which reports that “increasing numbers of …children are becoming victims of identity theft and families don’t often find out until it’s too late.”
For 19-year-old Vagillian Walters, it has made getting a job tough. “People would show up using my number and name, and I’m being questioned,” she said. “But in reality, it’s my number. I’m the real Vagillian Walters.” Detectives said more than a dozen names are attached to Walters’ Social Security number.
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