How To Protect Yourself Against Criminal Identity Theft

How can I protect myself against criminal identity theft?

When a criminal commits a crime under your name, law enforcement can only go on the information that has been given to them. If it's your name that they believe is attached to a particular criminal act, then you're the one they're coming after, and that's it. You have to prove, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that you are not the person to commit that crime, that your identity had been compromised. In too many situations, that's not an easy task to do. That's why it's very important to have some form of an emergency identity theft kit available at all times.