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For the purposes of our discussion, here are the issues I'd like you to tackle:

1. What questions would you add to the list above to help identify if an individual may be at risk of identity theft?
2. What personal recommendations or tips do you have to help individuals protect their identity?
3. It is estimated that there are approximately 10 - 15 million victims of identity theft in the U.S. annually. Considering that's roughly the population of the City of Chicago, what are some of the major factors that you believe contribute to the high numbers of victims?
4. Despite all our educational and consumer awareness efforts, why haven't we made more "inroads" in preventing this crime from occurring? Do stiffer sentences and more incarceration time serve as a deterrent?
5. Have we done enough to prevent this crime from occurring? What preventative actions/measures would really put a dent in the amount of identity theft being committed in the U.S. today?
6. There is a clear connection between a physical crime (drugs) and a paper crime (identity theft). Meth addicts have regularly been connected to the identity theft epidemic. Why is that? Have we done enough to target the meth user/ID Theft issue and what can we/should we do to thwart that connection?
7. Where do you believe we should be concentrating our investigative efforts right now and if that's different than what we're currently doing... why? Do you have a better investigative strategy to combat this crime more effectively? Or alternatively, do you think we're being overrun by the ID Theft plague and given our resources, there are no great remedies... no matter how we investigate/try to prevent it?
8. If you were the ID Theft Prevention Czar for a day, what would YOU do?