US Supreme Court Curtails Identity Theft Prosecutions

High Court Unanimously Says ID Theft Cases Must Hinge on Actual ID Theft
The Supreme Court on Thursday narrowed federal prosecutors' ability to bring identity theft charges in an opinion holding that misuse of another person's identification must be the crux of a criminal offense "rather than merely an ancillary feature of a billing method."

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