Government Shutdown Keeps ID Theft Victim From Reporting It To Feds

A Fitchburg identity theft victim says the government shutdown is stopping him from reporting the illegal use of his Social Security number.  Zach Maerz was told a person used his information to open an account last weekend in Illinois.  When he went online to report the problem and have his Social Security number flagged, he found out that service isn’t available now.  The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protect recommends filing a fraud alert with the major credit bureaus and reporting the problem to your financial institutions.