City of Baltimore - File #: 09-0123R

• File #: 09-0123R
• Version: 0
• Name: In Support of State Legislation - Senate Bill 202 - Financial Crimes - Seizure and Forfeiture of Property
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 3/23/2009
• In control: City Council
• Final action: 3/23/2009
• Title: In Support of State Legislation - Senate Bill 202 - Financial Crimes - Seizure and Forfeiture of Property FOR the purpose of expressing support for passage of Senate Bill 202 that establishes seizure and forfeiture procedures for property obtained through or used in connection with crimes of identity theft; urging the Honorable Chair and Members of the House Judiciary Committee to give the bill a favorable report; and requesting the Honorable Chairs and Members of the Baltimore City Senate and House Delegations to work to secure final passage of Senate Bill 202 in the 2009 Maryland General Assembly session.
• Sponsors: Helen L. Holton, Warren Branch, Bill Henry, Agnes Welch, President Young, Sharon Green Middleton, Nicholas C. D'Adamo, Belinda Conaway, Robert Curran, Mary Pat Clarke
• Indexes: Resolution

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
3/23/2009	0	City Council	Introduced
3/23/2009	0	City Council	Advanced to 2nd Reader on same day
3/23/2009	0	City Council	Adopted

* WARNING: THIS IS AN UNOFFICIAL, INTRODUCTORY COPY OF THE BILL.
THE OFFICIAL COPY CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IS THE FIRST READER COPY.
INTRODUCTORY*

CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL R
(Resolution)

Introduced by: Councilmember Holton


A RESOLUTION ENTITLED

A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
Title
In Support of State Legislation - Senate Bill 202 - Financial Crimes - Seizure and Forfeiture of Property

FOR the purpose of expressing support for passage of Senate Bill 202 that establishes seizure and forfeiture procedures for property obtained through or used in connection with crimes of identity theft; urging the Honorable Chair and Members of the House Judiciary Committee to give the bill a favorable report; and requesting the Honorable Chairs and Members of the Baltimore City Senate and House Delegations to work to secure final passage of Senate Bill 202 in the 2009 Maryland General Assembly session.
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The U.S. Department of Justice defines identity theft and identity fraud as all types of crime in which someone wrongfully obtains and uses another person’s personal data in some way that involves fraud or deception, typically for economic gain. Identity theft is the fastest growing white collar crime. The Federal Trade Commission reports that, in 2006, Maryland ranked eleventh in terms of the number of identity theft complaints per 100,000 population.

Report on the Attorney General’s Identity Theft Forum, February 8, 2006, states: “When the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) began keeping specific statistics on identity theft in 2000, the number of complaints it received from identity theft victim...