Identity theft is a big problem in Australia and around the world, due to the lack of legislations surrounding it. Identity theft is when a false identification is created to use the identity of another person to get things like money, alcohol, drug trafficking and terrorism. The hypothesis is that the current legislation for identity theft should be that the legislation should be tightened and be a law in all states and territories. Firstly, this report will discuss the current identity theft legislation. The report will then examine court cases that surround this topic. Thirdly the report will talk about the current debate surrounding identity theft and the recommendations on the law. This report will help to develop a deeper understanding about identity theft. Currently the current legislation surrounding identity theft is both weak and non-existing in many places. According to Section 12 of Australian Law and Practice “Identity theft represents a threat to privacy when it involves the theft or …show more content…
Some of the cases that have made it to court include the American cases of Christina Lee and Mr Bradley. Christina Lee’s case was started when she stole a large number of id’s and checks, after this she used them to pay for items at stores all over the city. When she was court was found to have done $11,000 worth of checks using the stolen ids’ and was sentenced to thirteen years jail. Mr Bradley’s case was similar as Ms Lee’s with Bradley stealing the identity of 29 different people and using their credit details as well as creating credit cards for these people and using them. When Bradley was caught he was charged with almost 100 charges. These cases help to prove that the cases that end up going to court are usually major incidents and if the smaller cases went to court, less people would go