Napa, in the heart of the wine region of California, identity theft complaints to the highest rate the whole city in the US according to a recent Federal Trade Commission (FTC) report.
More than 300 identity theft complaints were made to 100,000 in 2007. Napa Madera, a city located in California's Central Valley, was number two on the list and Greely, Colorado was third 280 and 228 complaints per thousand inhabitants respectively.
At the state level, Arizona had the highest rate of identity theft complaints to 137 complaints and California was second with 120 complaints per thousand.
Of the 800,000 fraud-related crimes reported to the FTC in 2007 a full 32%, or about 256,000, were related to identity theft. The most common form of identity theft reported was credit card fraud, which accounted for 23%, or about 58,880, identity theft incidents according to the FTC report.
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