CSI/CUNY News Release
	For Immediate Release

Identity theft expert filters out fact from flimflam
at timely new seminar at CSI

Staten Island, NY – May 24, 2004 – “Identity theft is a growing issue in America,” according to Hugo Kijne, director of Continuing Education and Professional Development at the College of Staten Island.

“We learn about the horrors of identity theft everyday on television, radio, and the newspapers,” he continues, “and we thought it was time to help offer a solution by bringing Staten Islanders the important information they need to protect themselves in this day and age.”

CSI’s Continuing Education and Professional Development office, in a joint venture with the CSI Small Business Development Center, presents a seminar on the facts, fiction, and fantasy of identity theft at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday June 9, at the college’s Willowbrook campus.

Anthony J. Luizzo, internationally renowned security lecturer and consultant, and current CEO of LC Consultants, will enlighten business owners, consumers, and the public on their rights and what they can do to guard their identities. Additionally, this lively, timely and engaging presentation will help persons outline a plan of action should they suspect identity theft.

The hour and a half seminar, which gives concerned citizens the opportunity to filter out the fact from the flimflam, costs $15. For more information or registration please call the College of States Island office of Continuing Education and Professional Development at (718) 982-2182.

The College of Staten Island (CSI) is a senior college of The City University of New York (CUNY), the nation’s leading urban university. CSI offers 35 academic programs, 15 graduate degree programs, and challenging doctoral programs to 12,000 students.

The 204-acre landscaped campus of CSI, the largest in NYC, is fully accessible and contains an advanced, networked infrastructure to support technology-based teaching, learning, and research. For more information, visit www.csi.cuny.edu

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