The Oregon State Senate unanimously approved a bill creating a crime of aggravated identity theft. Under the new law, someone convicted of committing multiple identity theft crimes, racking up more than $10,000 of value in stolen items, or having been convicted previously of identity theft would face up to 10 years in prison and a $100,000 fine.
The new law would apply to anyone who commits 10 or more identity thefts within a six month period, possesses personal identifications of 10 or more people without authorization, or causes losses of $10,000 or more in six months.
Senator Roger Beyer said “We need to keep doing minor things like this to try to stay ahead of the certified-smart bad guys who are stealing people’s identities.”
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