What is the first step the victim of criminal identity theft should take?
Contact the arresting or citing law enforcement agency — that is, the police or sheriff’s department that originally arrested the person using your identity, or the court agency that issued the warrant for the arrest. Explain that this is a case of misidentification and that someone is using your personal information. Insist that you are the victim. 3a. Working with the arresting law enforcement agency. File an impersonation report. The law enforcement agency should first confirm your identity. This can be done by the police department taking a full set of your fingerprints, your photograph, and copying any photo identification documents such as a driver’s license, passport, or U.S. legal presence documents. Once your identity has been established, the law enforcement agency should retrieve the booking record of the criminal event that you dispute. This will include the booking prints and booking photograph or the citation which may or may not have a thumbprint impression. Request tha
