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RE: Quick Thought on Steemit Catfish
Thanks for the response to this. However, I would also like to point out that many of the identity thieves I have caught are actually plagiarizing introductory posts off peoples blogs -- they are not writing "pure fiction" as you say; they are actually copy-paste stealing the thoughts of real people.
Yes...and photos and names. I don't see how identity theft can be called "fiction." In my opinion, if something is a fictional work, it should be obvious as such....like "here's a short story I wrote." We see this in movies where in the credits it will say something about how all the characters are fictional and any resemblance to actual events is coincidental or something like that. Identity theft is illegal. According to this source, "One key piece to identity theft crimes is the use of specific kinds of information, commonly known as personal identifying information. ...[including] your name, ... photographs, or anything else that you can use to identify yourself." The penalties can include incarceration, fines, restitution and probation. @dan's post seems a bit dismissive in my opinion.
That is a good point, if it was copy/paste and we didn't catch it then that is a problem.
It was in the case I describe above.