The reason I posted this is because as researchers need to know news that may (might) affect us in the future. In today's world, almost every bad behavior results in some new 'law'. Several people replied to me saying the Index is public to prevent fraud. Yes, I know. But, obviously, the IRS didn't waste their time to do basic look-ups and instead, wasted many thousands in tax dollars (hundreds of thousands). And because the police did not even bring up that the IRS is the main issue in this situation (not ancestry), I bet that within the near future some politician will introduce a new bill to remove the data from the Internet. Also, even the officer who was a victim discovered that the IRS won't give info to the "victim"-- even a police officer! (dumb in my opinion) However, I also believe that we as researchers and guardians of our family's info must strive to keep our family info safe(R) as much as we can. So I posted the news item so we can all be more aware of what goes on with the misuse of identifying info. Judy On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 11:11 PM, J.A. Florian <cageycat@gmail.com> wrote: > This was on the news last week. The Police (chief? commmisioner?) > specifically mentioned Ancestry in the news conference. > > > http://www2.tbo.com/news/breaking-news/2011/sep/02/5/tampa-police-officer-was-victim-of-massive-tax-fra-ar-254887/ >