Children Easy Targets for Identity Thieves:

Financial educator Cynthia Nevels would rather not see one subject that’s been appearing in some of her students’ essays: theft of their identity by a parent.

And sadly, it’s been appearing with regularity, said Nevels, executive director of the Jr. Finance Literacy Academy in Irving, which teaches money management skills to kids from kindergarten through high school.

“I can guarantee either one or two students out of any [financial education] camp will say … that they have experienced that by a parent or a family member,” she said.

Children are especially enticing targets for identity thieves because it can take years before the crime is discovered. And they’re easy prey for unscrupulous family members who have ruined their own credit and use the child’s Social Security number to obtain credit fraudulently.

See the full report at The Dallas Morning News