Identity theft of some form or another accounted for 32% of the 819,000 complaints filed with the Federal Trade Commission in 2007. Credit card fraud was the most common form of identity theft.

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There were 2.2 million foreclosure filings in 2007, up 75% from 2006. And a shocking number of these homes will end up vacant, trashed, rotted, and stripped of their copper and heating units. …

Despite the total meltdown of the US mortage industry, and with record foreclosure rates being set every month, Countrywide, one of the biggest in the business, continued its annual tradition of rewarding its bankers with …