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United States Attorney for the District of Columbia Matthew M. Graves’ Statement Regarding Identity Theft and Fraud Victim Resources

With our ever-increasing use of online platforms, scammers continue to develop new and innovative ways to steal personal information from unsuspecting victims in order to commit fraud and identity theft. Whenever you are online, please be on the lookout for anything that appears to be an effort to trick you into either directly providing your personal information or providing access to your online accounts so that scammers can pore through your data on their own. If despite your best efforts, you fall victim to one of these crimes, our Office is providing a list of helpful resources to use to try to contain the damage from the theft:

https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/identity-theft-victim-resources

In our efforts to pursue justice every day, our Office remains committed to devoting resources to the detection, investigation, and prosecution to the fullest extent of the law of those who try to steal personal information.