he only interesting call I got today was for a Fraud in which the complainant believed that someone got a hold of his information.
When I get to his house he shows me a letter from a Circuit Court from another jurisdiction with another person's name but his address on it. It basically says that he owes court costs, fines and restitution in the amount of $850.37 from a case that was in 2011 and that if he doesn't pay the state will deduct it from his State income tax refund. Well 2 days ago he got his State return and it was $850.37 light. He tells me he thinks someone stole his identity and that person used it when he was arrested. He also tells me that he contacted the jurisdiction and told them it was an error and they told him to contact the state tax department and when he contacted them he was told that the jurisdiction needs to clear it up, seems like he is caught up in the bureaucratic run around. I asked him some questions and determined that it was not identity fraud but most likely a simple clerical error and I would try and get to the bottom of it.
I called the court clerk and after a while we got to the bottom of it. The person who was arrested had the same social security number on his paperwork as my complainant's wife. I also found out that the person who was arrested had died shortly after he was convicted. Somehow they used the social security number of the wife and found her address and sent the letter to my complainant and then they went ahead and contacted the tax department who took the money from their state tax refund. Strange shit huh?
Bottom line is the court clerk will look into it on their end and refund the money back to the state who will hopefully refund it back to the complainant. It might take a little time but my complainant seemed happy.
Oh I also told him to check his and his wife's credit report to see if there are any fraudulent items on it and to contact the 3 credit reporting agencies and put a fraud alert on their information.
My good deed for the day...................
10-7 EOT
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