Identity theft on the rise [Champaign,IL]

By Chris Ryan | Staff writer

Chad Bobren arrived home recently to find two bottles of male enhancement pills awaiting him. Unfortunately, he didn't order them. The pills, Bobren said, were a prank gift — paid for with his credit card — from the same people who stole his identity a month earlier.

Bobren, senior in communications, is one of a growing number of people who have fallen prey to criminals who pilfer people's personal information in order to steal money or commit fraud.

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