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Victims of Identity Theft, 2014

ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 10:00 A.M. EDT Bureau of Justice Statistics
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2015                                          Contact: Kara McCarthy (202) 307-1241
HTTP://WWW.BJS.GOV/ After hours: (202) 598-9320

17.6 MILLION U.S. RESIDENTS EXPERIENCED IDENTITY THEFT IN 2014

WASHINGTON – An estimated 17.6 million persons, or about 7 percent of U.S. residents age 16 or older, were victims of at least one incident of identity theft in...

Victims of Identity Theft, 2012

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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2013 Contact: Kara McCarthy (202) 307-1241
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16.6 MILLION PEOPLE EXPERIENCED IDENTITY THEFT IN 2012

Financial losses totaled $24.7 billion

WASHINGTON – An estimated 16.6 million people, representing 7 percent of all persons age 16 or older in the United States, experienced at least one incident of...

Money Laundering Offenders, 1994-2001

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THURSDAY, JULY 17, 2003 Contact: Stu Smith
  202/307-0784

OVER 18,000 CHARGED WITH FEDERAL MONEY LAUNDERING FROM 1994 THROUGH 2001

WASHINGTON, D.C. - About 18,500 defendants faced federal money laundering charges in U.S. courts during the years 1994 through 2001, the Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) reported today. Approximately 10,600 of these...

Identity Theft, 2004

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SUNDAY, APRIL 2, 2006 www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs
  Contact: Stu Smith 202/307-0784
  After hours: 301-983-9354

3.6 MILLION U.S. HOUSEHOLDS LEARNED THEY WERE IDENTITY THEFT VICTIMS DURING A SIX-MONTH PERIOD IN 2004

WASHINGTON, D.C.- An estimated 3.6 million households, or about 3 percent of all households in the nation, learned that they had been the victim...