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ID leaks: a surprising source is your government at work.(CR INVESTIGATES)
When Joe Protain got a traffic ticket near Cincinnati in 2006, his penalty was far greater than the $150 fine he paid for speeding. Protain, a 36-year-old surgeon now living in Warren, Ohio, discovered last year that traffic-court records publicly posted on the Franklin County Municipal Court Web site, including his address and Social Security number, enabled a ring of identity thieves to rack up more than $11,000 worth of charges in his name. He is still trying to recover from the fallout.
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"It's ridiculous that this kind of information was made available online, given all of the harm it can do," Protain says.
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