Identity Thief Finds Easy Money Hard to Resist

New York Times by Tom Zeller, Jr. | Jul. 4, 2006 (Special Report)

By the time of Shiva Brent Sharma's third arrest for identity theft, at the age of 20, he had taken in well over $150,000 in cash and merchandise in his brief career. After a certain point, investigators stopped counting.

By the age of 18, Shiva Brent Sharma had joined the underground world of online identity theft.

Mr. Sharma was arrested three times in three years on charges related to identity theft. Full Story »

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by Rod Amis - Oct. 1, 2008

This is an engrossing and informative look at the profile of an accomplished identity theft, one of the first to be discovered and prosecuted. Zeller takes his time to produce a revealing, well-sourced story on the subject and the phenomenon in general.

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