A woman in Seattle Washington who had been a victim of identity theft played a key role in helping catch and convict the people who had stolen her identity.

According to court documents and a report filed in the Seattle Times, Michelle McCambridge, 23, a part time retail clerk and college student became aware that she had become a victim of identity theft when bills began arriving for retail credit cards she had never opened. Infuriated, she sought and was finally able to see a grainy photo of a woman opening a credit card in her name captured by a surveillance camera.

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