Evil Shadows by Rick Hallock
Book Description
Evil
Shadows is a true story of the extremes of identity theft that can lead to
arrest, prosecution and imprisonment of the victim. It shows how the author's
identity was stolen and how that theft ultimately led to his financial ruin and
closure of his successful business enterprise, all the result of actions of
federal agents and prosecutors. After an exhaustive investigation, the author
lays bare the whole story of how his identity was stolen and how it was used as
cover for commission of other crimes.The story tells of his becoming the
primary suspect in a worldwide federal investigation for those crimes and how
federal authorities leveled their awesome and destructive powers directly at
him in their zeal to make an arrest. It details the destruction of his
successful publishing company and of how he narrowly avoided being arrested,
prosecuted and imprisoned for a crime he did not commit.The story concludes
with self-help chapters on the subjects of Prevention,Detection and Recovery
from identity theft.
Evil
Shadows: A Terrifying True Story of Identity Theft, Cyber Crimes, a Botched
U.S. Customs Investigation and an Innocent American by Rick Hallock, and
published by Barringer Publishing (April 2013) is a tale stranger than fiction.
Book
Readers Review
Evil
Shadows by Rick Hallock is a true and terrifying story of identity theft. Hallock tells of his ten-year fight against
US Customs and the federal government after the theft of his identity in 2000.
Rick's battle against the theft of his identity went as far as the US Supreme
Court. Foremost is his uncovering and
exposing undocumented methods used by the U.S. government agents to acquire
personal information about the Americans.
And that they do so without any legal right to do so. He tells of his efforts to rebuild his life
that has been destroyed by the very same government sworn to protect its
people.
Hallock
presents his story with a chilling amount of evidence that he has acquired from
various affidavits and investigative reports through The Freedom of Information
Act. The evidence shows his innocence of the accused crimes. Also the unlawful detention, abuse, seizure
and destruction of computer hardware and data he used to make his living.
I found
Evil Shadows a disturbing story because it is real but continued reading to the
end. The technical information Rick
provides was often overwhelming and difficult to understand. There was a fair amount of repetition of
events and facts that could have been condensed to make the reading flow
more. But Rick has been up against an
incredible fight for justice. His repeatedly having to ask the relevant powers
to return his computer data so he could prove his innocence. An incredible dark side of the law is seen by
all the obstacles he has to overcome. Throughout the ten years of trauma,
Hallock's strength of character shown. The
love and support of his family to fight together to overcome the authorities
and prove his innocence adds to his strength. Perhaps there's in a similar
situation would not be so blessed. A
wealth of information and resources are provided by the author in the final
chapters. Everyone should read this
book. It is an honest and emotional
account and an education of Identity Theft.
Highly recommended.
I
received this book free from the author in return for an honest review.
Author Website: http://www.evilshadowsbook.com/
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When I was at BEA an author spoke of how someone took her book and republished it as his own, changing a few names and details only.
ReplyDeleteIdentity theft is scary and in this world where we put so much of our personal info online, it's worse than ever.
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