Issue Position: Fighting Fraud Against Businesses & Residents

Issue Position

The rise in identity theft has harmed not only individuals but businesses as well. Kathleen has lead the fight to modernize Florida's laws and give victims the tools they need to restore their rights. 2015's HB 157 creates a streamlined process that provides victims proof of fraud and allows courts to issue orders to correct public records containing false information. The bill makes it a crime to steal the identity of a business. It also increases penalties for medical fraud and makes it a crime to knowingly provide false information to the public record. In 2018, Kathleen sponsored the Identity Theft and Fraud Protection Act which would require agencies to appropriately review information susceptible to identity theft before posting as a public record.

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