PA Protects Citizens From Identity Theft

In September of 2009, the Clerks of Court for York and Lancaster County were advised of a scheme targeting individuals who had been convicted of DUI offenses in those two Counties.

Two identity thieves had searched the internet for DUI offenses and requested the court’s files to obtain Social Security Numbers, Driver’s License Numbers, and other identifying information that was disclosed on documents in the file.

The criminals stole over 100 individuals’ identities which they used to open fraudulent bank accounts, create phony email addresses, and apply for loans.  The counties needed the PII in court files redacted quickly and accurately to stop this scheme from occurring again.

Find out how York County protected not only these citizens but many others by using ID Shield, a software solution that automatically identifies and redacts PII in unstructured documents, by downloading the full case study now.