Federal, State Crackdowns Focus On Strengthening Identity Security

Due to rising incidents of fraud and imposture, the federal government and the state of Hawaii last week took aggressive steps to crack down on identity fraud and strengthen issuance of driver’s licenses and ID cards.

While the U.S. Department of Justice does not estimate the number of fake IDs in circulation, the agency stresses that cracking down on “document trafficking” is among its top priorities.

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