Ladies who Lunch
Sleeping with Your Eyes Open: Spousal Identity Theft
It would be hard to imagine amassing a nest egg of more than $2 million, only to discover that it had been completely wiped out by identity theft. Harder to imagine is the perpetrator being your own spouse. According to the Federal Trade Commission, nearly 10 million people fall victim to identity theft each year, with 19 people being victimized every minute.
Danita Slatery established a strong work ethic from childhood, growing up on a farm in Kentucky, and going on to earn a B.A. in Marketing and Business Management, followed by a variety of licenses in the insurance and securities industry. She performed in the top 5% of her peers globally at MetLife. As smart as she was, little did she know that her husband was embezzling monies from her, opening dozens of credit cards as well as a large bank loan in her name. Also unknown to her, he was simultaneously embezzling monies from the company where he worked as CFO. These fraudulent actions took place regularly, for many years without her knowledge, and continued until the day he died, at which point she was left totally bankrupt. Law enforcement called each occurrence of theft a “domestic dispute”; legislation offered no protection for spouses of identity theft. Her path to emotional, physical and spiritual healing is ongoing, and has led her, five years after his death, on a personal crusade via educational outreach and legislation activism for victims of identity theft. Listen to her powerful story and learn how you can protect yourself from this insidious, yet pervasive, crime.
12:00noon-1:30pm. $20 for Members, $30 for guests; includes lunch buffet. Advance reservations required by Friday, September 25th, at which time they are considered final sale.
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