Around 7 percent of U.S. residents have fallen victim to identity theft during 2014. 86 percent of victims experienced the fraudulent use of existing credit card or bank account information. Victims that experienced multiple types of identity theft, have reported that theyve spent more than a month in resolving these problems. The number of elderly victims that fell for identity theft to 2.6 million in 2014, as opposed to 2 million in 2012, 14 percent experienced out-of-pocket loss of $1 or more.”]