Volume XWIII, Issue 8
Educating Women To Excel
October 19, 2005
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Office of Senator Dole Sponsors
Attacking Identity Theft Seminar
MARIA SANTORE
Editor
The office of North Caro
lina Senator Elizabeth Dole
sponsored a seminar on At
tacking Identity Theft this
past Tuesday held in Jones
Auditorium.
Dole stated, “Identity theft
is often cited as one of the
fastest growing crimes in the
nation. It affects every age
group, race and income lev
el, and cheats hardworking,
law-abiding Americans out
of their hard-earned dollars
and good name.”
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The morning started with
opening remarks from
Ms. Margaret Klutz, who
thanked President Hartford
and Meredith College for
their hosting of the seminar.
She offered a brief definition
of what exactly identity theft
is before introducing Senator
Dole.
Senator Dole then intro
duced the first set of panel
members, who included An
drea Foster of the Federal
Trade Commission, Justin
Crooks of the U.S. Postal In-
‘spection Service, Jim Henry
from the Secret Service,
and Caroline Farmer of the
North Carolina Department
of Justice, After each panel
member spoke about how
his or her specific depart
ment or organization helps
crack down on identity theft,
Mr. Reggie Holley, deputy
State Director from the Of
fice of Senator Dole moder
ated questions taken-by the
panel from the
audience. Panel
members gave
advice, such
as to not carry
yoiu' social se
curity card with
you, but instead
memorize the
last four digits.
“If your wallet
were ever sto
len, that thief
could find out
all of your per
sonal - informa
tion in two days
by social secu
rity number,”
said Mr. Jim
Henry.
Most panel
members re
ferred to the recent law
passed in Congress, the Fair
and Accurate Credit Trans
actions Act (FACT). This
new law gives ft’ee access to
yearly credit reports and also
gives consumers the ability
to ask for ‘fraud alerts’ on
their credit reports.
After a short break for the
panelists, a new group of
panel members was intro-
Photo by; Terri Richards
Photo by: Terri Richards
North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper spoke about the
importance of identity theft and how to not become a victim.
duced, They included Deb
bie Brantley of the North
Carolina Senior Consumer
Fraud Task Force, Hope H,
Connell of the North Caro
lina Bankers Association,
Eric Ellman of the Consum
er Data Industry • Associa
tion, and Giovanni Masucci
of Capitol City Consulting.
Each had a chance to say
how his or her organization
fights identity theft before
questions were taken once
again from the audience.
For more information, visit
the Federal Trade Commis
sion's website at www.con-
sumer.gov/idtheft/
Photo by: Terri Richards
Meredith College President Maureen Hartford and North
Carolina Senator Elizabeth Dole speaks briefly before the
opening of the seminar.