Identity Theft
Advice on Identity Theft in New York City
Turn to the New York City Law Offices of Richard P. Lawson for advice, guidance, and protection against the damaging effects and dangers of identity theft.
Your ID is Always at Risk
Your name and personal information are endangered more than ever in New York City, thanks to the increasingly widespread crime of identity theft. The damage to your name, reputation, and credit rating can be devastating if a thief gets hold of your credit card and other information and proceeds to charge up a storm. The results could ruin your ability to purchase a home or car, get loans from banks, or get insurance coverage.
There are many ways a thief can steal an innocent consumer’s personal information:
• Hacking into your computer via an unsecured or insufficiently-secured network.
• Hacking into or stealing a vendor’s computer and wholesale poaching consumer information contained therein.
• Using a hand-held “skimmer” to re-swipe your credit card at a store.
• Listening in on phone conversations during which you provided your credit card, bank routing number, or any other private information.
• Going through your mail while in your mailbox or in a recycling bin and responding to offers of credit cards addressed to you.
How New York City Lawyer Richard Lawson Can Help
Attorney Lawson’s experience as a prosecutor allows him to explore every option available to you while investigating identity theft. He has helped many victims of consumer identity theft reclaim their good names and clean credit reports. Richard Lawson helps New York City victims by:
• Eliminating default judgments for debts run up by identity thieves;
• Dealing with debt collectors pursuing payments accrued by thieves;
• Helping correct any errors on credit reports due to the I.D. theft; and
• Providing the police with assistance in tracking down the perpetrators, then pursuing all possible legal action against the identity thieves.
