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e mp loye r securit y: i d e n t it y t h eft ch eck list THE NATIONAL SOCIETY FOR HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (SHRM) C/O DUSTIN SHAY, MID-FLORIDA SHRM DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC RELATIONS Identity theft has become the country’s number one consumer fraud complaint, and the crime has been elevated to the status of a felony. The FTC estimates that as many as 9 million Americans have their identities stolen each year. A prime target for identity theft is employee information which each employer maintains in its human resources and payrol