Theft of a legislator – Former lawmaker who crafted ID theft legislation gets his ID stolen

Isn’t it ironic.

While serving in the Idaho Legislature, Randy Hansen drafted and pushed into law bills that protected identity theft victims in the Gem State.

Then, a few years later, a college student across the country hacked into a computer database and stole Hansen’s personal information, including his Social Security number. And the laws Hansen had worked so hard to pass in Idaho were of no help.

This was a federal case.

"A fellow working as a janitor for a processing portion of a credit card company was able to look at night at whoever’s credit they wanted," said Hansen, who’s spent years in the auto dealership business. "He got ahold of 50 others."

By Candace Baltz-Smylie
Times-News correspondent

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