How are People Drawn to Committing Identity Theft?

We often hear identity theft victims horrible stories of the crimes committed against them, but what about the perpetrators of these crimes? Why do they do it and what happens to them once they've been caught? Tom Zeller, Jr. wrote an article, "Identity thief finds easy money hard to resist", about one identity thief in the New York Times. In the article, Zeller attempts to answer these questions, at least in the case of Shiva Brent Sharma.

At the age of 20, Sharma had already stolen over $150,000 through identity theft schemes. Sharma says the ease of identity theft, coupled with the thrill of getting away with identity theft, are some of the reasons that he committed his crimes. Although he is currently in prison serving a two to four year sentence, Sharma says he is worried that the world of easy money might lure him back in.

Stories such as Sharma's make it all the more evident that you need to be vigilant in defending yourself from identity theft.

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