Identity Fraud: Information on Prevalence, Cost, and Internet Impact is Limited

Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on various issues relating to identity fraud, focusing on: (1) law enforcement's responsibilities for investigating identity fraud and the difficulties in tracking such crime; (2) statistics or other data showing the prevalence of identity fraud; (3) the costs of identity fraud; and (4) identity fraud on the Internet, including the status of self-regulation by computerized database services that collect and disseminate personal identifying information.