12Jul/100
Frauds And Phonies Cost U.S. Business Billions
Many people thought that the advent of powerful computers, centralized databases and civil service technologists would give authorities the edge in crime fighting. Sure, as if there are no unethical smart people. In fact, there are many smart, even brilliant people with questionable scruples, and the same digital tools available to the good guys are available to everyone else, too. Many people use these tools to steal and/or create new identities, either to assume them or use them to launder ill-gotten gains from their so-called real life.