'I hunted down the woman who stole my life'

After reading this article, I felt that identity theft should be stopped immediately. In this article, Karen Lodrick had spent so much time to track down the identity theft who had gotten and misused her identity. Only after reading this article, I realized how identity theft could be so serious. Despite having read many other interesting articles, I felt that this article left me with the greatest impression. In this article, an ex-convict had misused a stolen identity card which led to the owner facing many problems with finance, in desperation, decided to track down the identity theft. In my opinion, Karen perseverance in finding the identity theft entranced me especially when she met with and obstacle such as chasing the identity theft and even trying to confront her. However, I felt that the police were not very efficient and helpful during the chase for the identity theft suspect which had led to the suspect slipping off. During the hunt for the identity theft, Karen had also faced many issues from the bank. I find that the bank should watch out for such identity thief if reported or not such cases could be reduced greatly. In my opinion, identity card like credit cards should be given a special code that could be prevented to be used once it is frozen and this prevents the identity theft from further misuse of the identity card. This article is only an example of identity theft and unlike this case, I am sure that there are many cases that the suspect is not apprehended, therefore, I think that such crimes should be prevented with many ways such as the opinion I just gave. Although many cases might also involve the victim being careless, theft cases such as this one has caused the victim much trouble to freeze so many of her accounts to prevent further damage done by the identity theft, hence, we should all guard against such crimes and the police should be alert to such situations and not let the victim handle it themselves like Karen. Identity thieves should also be given a heavier sentence for each misuse. Unfortunately, Karen's identity might have been sold to the black market.

The reason why I chosen this article is to raise the awareness of identity theft. Such cases might also happen in Singapore such as using the identity card to borrow money. Therefore, it is important for all of us to take care of our identity cards.