Stolen Identity or simply ok?
My wife and I are divorcing.
Both cell phones are in HER name
She continually checks my phone records to see if I’m calling another lady (I AM NOT)
Well, I called AT&T to see if I could get my line off of her plan and put on my own plan, they said I needed her ss# in order to do so.
I asked a co-worker (female) to call AT&T and say that she was my wife and give permission to get the line on to my own account. Simply so we could move on with our lives.
Well, she calls me tonight and says that she found out that I had the co-worker do so and that this was a felany and considered identity theft.
I meant no harm, I just wanted to move on and saw no FELANY involved. If I would have asked her for the line in my name she would have said no out of simple spite. I should have just got my own line and let her pay the bill for an unused cell phone but I didn’t. I messed up and was not thinking.
My wife does not like this co-worker and is threatening to sue her.
Does she have any grounds for a lawsuit over a stupid cell phone? I’m a nervous wreck that this poor lady at work is in trouble for something that we both thought was petty!
She’s right that it was a crime, but it was fraud, not identity theft.
However, with that said, it is pretty petty and you’d be hard pressed to have a Judge take any action over a cell phone, especially considering you’re transferring it into your own name and assuming responsibility for it.
technically its not identity theft, but just an impersonation situation. i seriously doubt your wife could do much with this
AT&T will provide you with a transfer paper for your soon to be ex wife to sign in order to split the accounts. It is for her best interests because if you leave her with both phones she will be responsible for the charges until the contract is up.
Now, about your co-worker..it is not identity theft, but it can be seen as defrauding the account.
Keep on mind, anything you do to the cell phone account gets a text message informing the changes.
It is not a FELONY……
Your soon to be ex, can really make this hard and filed for fraud, but it is doubt full since they were not consequences or financial gain.
Just leave the account and open another one..if she gets very difficult…Inform her that she will get stuck with both phones until the contract is up…she will soon sign that transfer paper.