To help fight identity theft, the Department of Justice has proposed legislation to the Congress to improve the existing laws. The Identity Theft Enforcement and Restitution Act of 2007, which was developed by the President’s Task Force on Identity Theft, would help ensure that victims could recover money for the time they lost in their attempts to repair the damage done by identity theft. Currently, a victim can only recover the actual monetary amount that was stolen from them.

U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said the department’s proposed legislation would help victims “put their lives back together” and close gaps in enforcement.

The Washington Post reports that the U.S. Justice Department is also trying to crack down on criminal rings that traffic in stolen documents and sell fake driver’s licenses, Social Security cards and birth certificates to illegal workers.

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