Sentence examples for federal identity from inspiring English sources

That changed on Oct. 30, 1998, with the enactment of the federal Identity Theft and Assumption Deterrence Act.

Last month, 260 illegal immigrants in Iowa were sentenced to five months in prison for violations of federal identity theft laws.

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan . 10(AP) — A private investigator accused of posing as a journalist in order to read the reporter's private phone records as part of the boardroom spying scandal at Hewlett-Packard was charged Wednesday with federal identity theft and conspiracy charges.

The history of the Social Security number, which is now used in a broad range over areas unrelated to Social Security Insurance, elucidates how quickly federal identity systems can expand in their applications.

The Supreme Court has called a halt to the practice, ruling 9 to 0 that federal identity-theft law does not apply.

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a favorite tool of prosecutors in immigration cases, ruling unanimously that a federal identity-theft law may not be used against many illegal workers who used false Social Security numbers to get jobs.

WASHINGTON — A federal identity-theft law that has become a favorite tool of the government in immigration prosecutions appeared imperiled on Wednesday after the Supreme Court heard arguments about it.

In other instances, though, ignorance as to the federals' identity is more understandable.

The federal aggravated identity theft statute is aimed at the most serious forms of identity theft — and it says the theft must be done knowingly.

The federal aggravated-identity-theft law has become a favorite of overzealous prosecutors.

But on Tuesday, the suspect, Faisal Shahzad, assumed a more traditional role and identity: federal inmate No. 63510-054.