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> my identity got stolen

I've seen it argued that "identity theft" is the way businesses with poor fraud detection make that your problem.

I.e. there's no "identity theft", there's fraud, and the company that was defrauded tries to weasel out like it's not their laxity at fault.

I wanted to sue the bank, feeling I had a good chance of getting at least partial reimbursement of my legal fees and some fine for them. But there was simply no more money left, because of all the legal fees...