Colorado Identity Theft

According to the FTC database for 2006, complaints by Colorado victims of identity theft involved the following types of fraud: Credit card fraud( 23%), Bank fraud (17%), Phone or utilities fraud (14%), Employment-related fraud (17%), Government documents or benefits fraud (6%), Loan fraud (5%), Other (27%), Attempted identity theft (6%). Colorado identity theft information and links are listed below.

Colorado Attorney General's office identity theft information

Colorado security freeze option

Colorado Division of Motor Vehicles

Colorado Do Not Call Registry information

Colorado Identity Theft News:

Colorado Attorney General Suthers And AARP Elderwatch Host “Fight Fraud – Shred Instead”

Colorado Attorney General John Suthers Warns LexisNexis Customers of Potential Identity Theft

Colorado Attorney General John Suthers Warns DSW Customers of Potential Identity Theft And Calls On DSW To Notify Colorado Consumers

Colorado Attorney General Suthers Warns Of New Identity Theft "Phishing" Scams

Colorado Attorney General Salazar Joins Colleagues in Support of Ability of States to Protect Consumers' Private Financial Information

Colorado Identity Theft Laws and Regulations:

Colorado Consumer Credit Report Act

Colorado Laws -- Criminal

• Forgery, § 18-5-102
• Possession of forgery devices, § 18-5-109
• Theft, § 18-4-401
• Theft of trade secrets, § 18-4-408
• Theft of medical records or medical information, § 18-4-412
• Definitions relating to forgery, § 18-5-101
• Forgery, § 18-5-102
• Second degree forgery, § 18-5-104
• Use of a forged academic record, § 18-5-104.5
• Criminal possession of a forged instrument, § 18-5-105
• Criminal possession of second degree forged instrument, § 18-5-107
• Criminal possession of forgery devices, § 18-5-109
• Trademark counterfeiting, § 18-5-110.5
• Obtaining signature by deception, § 18-5-112
• Criminal impersonation, § 18-5-113
• Offering a false instrument for recording, § 18-5-114
• Fraud by check, § 18-5-205
• Defrauding a secured creditor or debtor, § 18-5-206
• Issuing a false financial statement, § 18-5-209
• Definitions relating to financial transaction devices, § 18-5-701
• Unauthorized use of a financial transaction device, § 18-5-702
• Criminal possession of a financial transaction device, § 18-5-703
• Sale or possession for sale of a financial transaction device, § 18-5-704
• Criminal possession or sale of a blank financial transaction device,
  § 18-5-705
• Criminal possession of forgery devices, § 18-5-706
• Unlawful manufacture of a financial transaction device, § 18-5-707
• Definitions relating to computer crime, § 18-5.5-101
• Computer crime, § 18-5.5-102
• False reporting to authorities, § 18-8-111
• Telecommunications crime, § 18-9-309
• Definitions relating to pawn shop records, § 18-16-102
• Purchaser to identify seller, § 18-16-103
• Purchaser to maintain register and obtain declaration of seller's ownership, § 18-16-105
• Penalty for failure to identity or maintain records, § 18-16-108
• Unlawful possession or use of drivers license, § 42-2-136
• Unlawful acts involving identification cards, § 42-2-309

Colorado Laws -- Civil

• Restrictions on credit card receipts, § 6-1-711
• Colorado Consumer Credit Reporting Act, § 12-14.3-101, including
  § 12-14.3.106.5 (credit report block)
• Colorado Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, § 2-14-101 to -137
• Colorado Uniform Consumer Credit Code, § 5-1-101

Please check with Colorado Department of Law for the most up-to-date information.