'I was 6 when my identity was stolen - parents might not realise their children are at risk'

Renata Galvão was paying off $400,000 (£295,000) in debts that weren’t hers for most of her early adult life after her identity was stolen when she was just six years old. A family member had convinced her mother to authorise the use of Renata’s identity at the time.

“I do not blame her for a second, she was coerced and told information that was not true. I’m choosing to speak up now, so no one else has to go through what I did,” She said as part of LSEG Risk Intelligence’s One in Fifty documentary.

Her story now reflects a worrying trend: children are increasingly targeted by fraudsters creating synthetic identities, leaving damage that often remains undetected for years. She added: “I was only six years old when my identity was stolen and for years, I had no idea. By the time I start