I agree with Brian, I believe that a lot of people do not report crimes (Dark Figure of Crime) because they have lost hope in the justice system. In addition, there are a lot of other reasons people do not report fraud such as people not wanting to get involved with authorities, lack of time, retaliation and its magnitude of the fraudulent act. I thought it was important when you mentioned that people should report it so it does not happen to someone. I think initially when frauds such as identity theft occur many victims only think about what happened to them and do not think of what is happening to others. Since the process of going forward with an investigation is exhausting people may not want to report it. I think fraud ignorance is
