Best Person of the Week: Oneida County Sheriff for Busting Criminals Forging Checks in Fallen Soldiers’ Names

While we are very excited that our “Worst Person of the Week” posts have been garnering lots of attention — and a bit of controversy — these days, we thought we would turn the table every so often and highlight the “Best Person” in identity theft. As you can imagine, there is no shortage of law enforcement officials, advocates, member of Congress, government agency leaders who have done a tremendous job in fighting the war against identity theft. So, we will be shining a light on these heroes every so often on our blog.

For our very first “Best Person” post, we would like to pay homage to Oneida County Sheriff Jeff Hoffman who oversaw the recent arrest of three people forging checks that were passed using the names of U.S. Armed Forces members from Wisconsin who were killed in the line of duty in Iraq. Yes, that is correct. These criminals were forging checks in the name of those who died in the line of duty — never surprises us how low some criminals can go.

Kudos to Sheriff Hoffman and his team at the Oneida County Police Department! Your hard work and efforts are duly noted and we thank you for bringing this trio of criminals down. Our great nation thanks you as well.