Dr. Axton Betz-Hamilton was a victim of identity theft and wrote a book about the experience called “The Less People Know About Us: A Mystery of Betrayal, Family Secrets, and Stolen Identity.”

Dr. Betz-Hamilton is now a professor at South Dakota State University specializing in identity theft.

• Isolated and moved around because of identity theft of her parents
• Axton was over half a million dollars in debt.
• Only found out the identity of the thief after her mom died.
• Parents can freeze credit reports
• Parents should check all three credit reports for each child.
• Experian
• Transunion
• Equifax
• If you’ve been a victim of Identity theft:
• File a police report
• Freeze your credit
• Get a counselor.