Not too long ago, my wife was victimized by a couple of scammers at a local grocery store. One guy distracted her while another snatched her wallet out of the diaper bag. We found out approximately four hours after the crime by a phone call from our bank. They let us know that someone was buying gasoline on our debit card for the entire population of Detroit. Our local police informed us that this happens all the time at our grocery store, and that they weren't doing anything to protect the taxpaying citizens who were too stupid to look out for themselves. Obviously, there is no revenue to be collected by doing sting operations or the like.
I was pretty outraged by this. But what really got to me was the fact there was no one to sue. There was no way to get back at whoever did this to us.
Fast forward to the day after Christmas. My brother-in-law realizes his credit card is missing. After a little detective work, he finds out that the cashier at a local restaurant never gave him his card back and instead, pocketed it. They have her on camera doing this. She proceeded to assault their credit with the help of some people with whom she shared the information. He and my sister go to the police who, after some more checking around, discover that some people who work for the contract cleaning crew at her work had gotten her information and had assumed her identity in applying for more credit cards.
Please, someone in the know tell me my sister can sue the restaurant and cleaning company. And, when are things going to drastically change to counter the ease with which identity theft can occur?
I was pretty outraged by this. But what really got to me was the fact there was no one to sue. There was no way to get back at whoever did this to us.
Fast forward to the day after Christmas. My brother-in-law realizes his credit card is missing. After a little detective work, he finds out that the cashier at a local restaurant never gave him his card back and instead, pocketed it. They have her on camera doing this. She proceeded to assault their credit with the help of some people with whom she shared the information. He and my sister go to the police who, after some more checking around, discover that some people who work for the contract cleaning crew at her work had gotten her information and had assumed her identity in applying for more credit cards.
Please, someone in the know tell me my sister can sue the restaurant and cleaning company. And, when are things going to drastically change to counter the ease with which identity theft can occur?