Fighting Back Against Identity Theft: How To Protect Your Credit & Your Future

Finding Genius Podcast

Richard Jacobs

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4.4 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 2 September 2025

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

In today's digital world, security is more complex than ever. Whether it's financial information or personal identification, cyber threats are among the fastest-growing crimes in the country, according to FBI statistics. Join us in this episode as we explore these modern challenges with Thomas B. Christiano, an attorney at Blankingship & Christiano P.C..

Identity thieves can use stolen information to apply for credit, file taxes, receive medical services, or make frivolous purchases in someone else's name. This can devastate the victim's credit and finances — leaving crippling debt and lasting uncertainty in its wake.

Whether you've recently experienced identity theft or simply want to safeguard yourself against it, this episode will provide essential insights and practical steps to help you stay protected.

This conversation explores:

The different types of identity theft.
Methods of defending and deferring attempts at identity theft.
How legal professionals help victims of identity theft.
The benefits of checking your credit report regularly to detect potential incidents.

Thomas is a consumer protection attorney with extensive experience in credit reporting cases under the Fair Credit Reporting Act. A graduate of the University of Virginia and William & Mary Law School, he has successfully represented clients against inaccurate credit reporting by major agencies and banks. His work helps victims recover damages for lost opportunities, financial harm, and emotional distress. He also shares insights on his blog at Yourfaircreditreportlawyernow.com.

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0:37.6	Hello, this is Richard Jacobs with the Finding Genius podcast.
0:41.2	My guest today is Thomas B. Cristiano.
0:43.6	He's an attorney with blanking ship and Cristiano.
0:46.1	We're going to talk about identity theft and how you can hopefully protect yourself from it.
0:50.0	The different kinds of identity theft, et cetera.
0:52.1	So welcome.
0:53.0	Thanks for coming, Thomas.
0:53.8	I appreciate it. You're welcome. Thanks for having me on. Yeah. I guess first of all, like maybe it's laughable, but how big is the problem of identity theft? Is it just everywhere? Or is that, you know, what does it look like for most people? Well, for most people, I mean, identity theft is a pervasive crime in this country at this point. We all know the steps we have to take and
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