n May 26, three federal agencies reported increases in their detection of certain specific types of fraud that are all elements of identity theft.
				The Secret Service made 9,455 arrests involving identity fraud worth $745 million in 1997, up from 8,686 arrests in 1996. (The Secret Service has primary responsibility for investigations involving credit card fraud.)
				The Postal Service reported 115 arrests for change-of-address fraud in 1997 (in which a criminal has a person's mail diverted to obtain bank statements, credit cards, or benefit checks). That's more than double the 1996 count of 53.
				The Internal Revenue Service identified 2,470 schemes to use Social Security numbers and other personal information to fraudulently claim tax refunds during just the first three quarters of 1997, as opposed to 2,458 for all of 1996.
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