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| ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 10:00 A.M. EDT | Bureau of Justice Statistics |
| SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2015 | Contact: Kara McCarthy (202) 307-1241 |
| HTTP://WWW.BJS.GOV/ | After hours: (202) 598-9320 |
17.6 MILLION U.S. RESIDENTS EXPERIENCED IDENTITY THEFT IN 2014
WASHINGTON – An estimated 17.6 million persons, or about 7 percent of U.S. residents age 16 or older, were victims of at least one incident of identity theft in...
| ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 10:00 A.M. EST | Bureau of Justice Statistics |
| THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2013 | Contact: Kara McCarthy (202) 307-1241 |
| HTTP://WWW.BJS.GOV/ | After hours: (202) 598-0556 |
16.6 MILLION PEOPLE EXPERIENCED IDENTITY THEFT IN 2012
Financial losses totaled $24.7 billion
WASHINGTON – An estimated 16.6 million people, representing 7 percent of all persons age 16 or older in the United States, experienced at least one incident of...
| ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 4:30 P.M. EDT | Bureau of Justice Statistics |
| THURSDAY, JULY 17, 2003 | Contact: Stu Smith |
| 202/307-0784 |
OVER 18,000 CHARGED WITH FEDERAL MONEY LAUNDERING FROM 1994 THROUGH 2001
WASHINGTON, D.C. - About 18,500 defendants faced federal money laundering charges in U.S. courts during the years 1994 through 2001, the Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) reported today. Approximately 10,600 of these...
| ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 4:30 P.M. EDT | Bureau of Justice Statistics |
| SUNDAY, APRIL 2, 2006 | www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs |
| Contact: Stu Smith 202/307-0784 | |
| After hours: 301-983-9354 |
3.6 MILLION U.S. HOUSEHOLDS LEARNED THEY WERE IDENTITY THEFT VICTIMS DURING A SIX-MONTH PERIOD IN 2004
WASHINGTON, D.C.- An estimated 3.6 million households, or about 3 percent of all households in the nation, learned that they had been the victim...
