Identity creation

Identity creation

Identity creation is the process of creating a new personal identity or alias for an existing person.

It is commonly employed:

*As part of witness protection program (such as the United States Federal Witness Protection Program)
*In order to place secret agents in deep cover.
*In order to commit fraud.

It differs from identity theft in that the new identity is not one previously existing.


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