Before Trump fired CFPB Director Rohit Chopra last week, Chopra was working to improve policies for trafficking survivors who’ve had their identity stolen by traffickers—a very common financial crime that bars trafficking survivors from even renting an apartment after they escape, as happened to me

Traffickers steal victims’ identities for many reasons like money laundering or creating coercive debt bondage with credit cards, or by renting or leasing cars and houses in victims’ names and SSNs. The CFPB was only beginning to address these identity theft issues before Trump fired Director Chopra

Before Trump fired CFPB Director Rohit Chopra last week, Chopra was working to improve policies for trafficking survivors who’ve had their identity stolen by traffickers—a very common financial crime that bars trafficking survivors from even renting an apartment after they escape, as happened to me

The CFPB is one of the few government agencies that actually listens to trafficking survivors. I was so relieved when they made efforts to meet with survivors to discuss how traffickers steal our identities and leave us with debilitating debt if we physically survive

America invented the credit score at the same time that my dad stole my identity as a child and named me the CEO of his company when I was 5 yrs old. I had to remain homeless longer as a teenager because of the IRS debt he accrued in my name and SSN when I was in kindergarten

America invented the credit score at the same time that my dad stole my identity as a child and named me the CEO of his company when I was 5 yrs old. I had to remain homeless longer as a teenager because of the IRS debt he accrued in my name and SSN when I was in kindergarten