Quick Reminder on ID Theft Forum today

Our local Congresswoman Melissa Bean will be joined by a group of experts on the issue of identity theft at a forum she is hosting Saturday, October 29 at the Round Lake Village Hall (see map) at 2:00pm.

Bean organized the forum, which will include a panel of experts with experience in different aspects of the issue, to offer constituents an opportunity to learn about how identity theft occurs and what measures they can take to protect themselves.

Here is a list of the panelists.

Detective Kurt Danielson - Lake Zurich Police Department Investigations Division. He began working for the Lake Zurich Police Department in 1986 and has been assigned to the Investigations Division for the past 4 years.Danielson will discuss identity theft from the perspective of law enforcement. He will discuss different precautions that people can take to protect themselves, and different cases that he has dealt with. Then he will touch upon how the Department does follow-up in cases of identity theft.

Terri Worman - AARP, Associate State Director/Community Organizer for Illinois: Worman has been with AARP for nearly ten years and currently works on a broad range of education and advocacy projects in the Chicago suburbs. She has been a featured speaker at law enforcement conferences, including presentations on identity theft, senior fraud and other consumer issues, and spearheaded the Midwest Region of AARP's national project to fight telemarketing fraud. Terri will address how identity theft specifically affects seniors.

Roch Tranel - President of Tranel Financial Group: A certified financial planner, Tranel's interest and expertise in the subject of identity theft stems from his responsibility to protect and grow the $180 million in client funds that he manages. To help his clients avoid the lost funds, costly legal fees, and hundreds of wasted hours that victims suffer, he began presenting Identity Theft Prevention seminars. While initially only for clients, his workshops have now been presented to various community organizations, Chambers of Commerce, senior groups and several Lake County businesses. Roch will discuss how he became involved with the issue of identity theft and how it pertains to, and directly effects, financial planning. He will explain how people can protect themselves and their money.

Congresswoman Melissa Bean: ill discuss the legislation you have introduced and how it would help curb the problems associated with identity theft.