AuditNet® Book Review
Investigating Identity Theft
A Guide for Businesses, Law Enforcement and Victims
By Judith M. Collins
Identity theft, the nation's fastest growing crime according to FBI statistics and identity theft/fraud is also the fastest-growing category of Federal Trade Commission (FTC) complaints. The author, a highly regarded expert on identity theft, shows readers the process of conducting a successful identity theft investigation by using real world cases. There are excellent chapters on tracing IP addresses and URLs across the Web and tracing email addresses. Finally there is an appendix. with a list of Web sites for identity theft searches. Auditors need to understand the impact on their businesses, interfacing with law enforcement and assisting victims. This book provides the necessary insights for auditors to identify and investigate this growing crisis.