throwaway94949

The way "identity theft" is left for the victim to untangle is such a travesty of justice.

The bank refused to provide me or my lawyer the documentation they had on file of "my" account. I had to sue the Prosecutor's Office to force them to investigate... after 5 years they finally moved and got me the copy of the fake ID with the face of the scammer. Unfortunately they are forced to close that case because the scammer is "person unknown".

Ultimately, the case against my "money laundering" got shelved after the statutory 5 year term of them not investigating anything...

I wanted to sue the bank, feeling I had a good chance of getting at least partial reimbursement of my legal fees and some fine for them. But there was simply no more money left, because of all the legal fees...

> This is how you behave when you think you're so much smarter than everyone around you that consequences don't apply to you.

Found out I already had a bank account with €2000 balance in my name. Temptation was high to take over the account and withdraw the cash.

Fortunately didn't touch a dime.

Long story short, my identity got stolen, account was used to collect eBay scam money and cash out from ATMs. I was a suspect and investigated for money laundering and membership to organised crime.

I had to sue the Prosecutor's Office to have them investigate the scammers and confirm my innocence. They initially refused because it was too hard... Italy.