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Member of CO governor's ID theft board falls victim
Posted: 03.06.2013 at 9:40 AM
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COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. (AP) -- A member of Gov. John Hickenlooper's board on identity theft and financial fraud has a new perspective on her mission.

A brazen thief walked into the Better Business Bureau of Southern Colorado during business hours Monday and stole her smartphone and wallet from a purse.

Katie Carrol says she was in a meeting at the time. Within an hour someone had starting spending her money.

According to the Colorado Springs Gazette, Carrol fired off a fraud alert to credit agencies and closed all of her credit card accounts.

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Information from: The Gazette, http://www.gazette.com

(Copyright ©2013 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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