Last year 11.6 million Americans were subject to identity fraud, a 13% increase from 2010 that a Javelin Strategy report attributes to increases in social media activity and mobile usage.

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The identity of the painting's subject is not known, but it is thought the balding, bearded man in a stiff, starched collar may be Juan Mateos, King Philip IV of Spain's master of the hunt.

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Identity theft and computer fraud are criminal offenses subject to imprisonment.

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In a mood of confusion over national identity, there have been calls for a new canon of Dutch history, hitherto an unfashionable subject.

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