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UK Law: what act/laws would be broken by obtaining a loan by identity theft?

April 26, 2017ACT Broken Ethics government identity theft Law Laws politics UK

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UK Law: what act/laws would be broken by obtaining a loan by identity theft?

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I would imagine the Theft Act 1968 would have covered it, either the part which covers “Obtaining Property by Deception”, or “Obtaining a Pecuniary Advantage by Deception” There was no offence of Fraud in the UK before 2006.