Under what circumstances and how might a criminal identity thief impersonate me?

Under what circumstances and how might a criminal identity thief impersonate me?

Robert Siciliano (Identity Theft Expert and CEO) gives expert video advice on: What are the consequences of criminal identity theft?; What should I do if I am accused of committing a crime as a result of criminal identity theft? and more...

Often, criminals will hide in plain site by compromising the identity of someone who has a clean record. For example, if you're trying to run or escape from a law, the best thing that you do as an identity thief or as a criminal identity thief is to compromise the identity of someone who has no criminal record. And so they could literally hide in plain site with somebody's clean record. It's very easy for a criminal identity thief to pose as you because they very well may present some form of an identification that has their picture on it and your information. And because to this very day, you and I have not been properly identified. As long as that ID is generally a good ID, then the law enforcer officer will take that ID and its face value and that criminal identity thief can easily get away with posing as you.