I posted this on legaladvice recently. It it feels like it applies here.
As if being underpaid at my job isn’t enough, I just found out my boss opened up a credit card in my name. I work at a mom and pop type business in graphic design and my boss is the same guy who hired me.
A couple weeks ago, I got a call from Capital One asking about unusual charges on my credit card. The rep went over a couple of charges and I had literally no idea what she was talking about. I told them it looked like those charges weren’t on my app and the rep said she tried calling at a different phone number but it was disconnected. She confirmed I had two credit cards through them, but I only have one. The rep told me my other account (my actual account) had no strange charges but a different one, opened only in December, was nearing its credit limit and there were two large charges at different Wal-Mart stores.
I asked for the address on the accounts and one was mine, the other, which I had no idea about, was the home address for my boss. They canceled the card and said I might get contacted by their fraud department.
I told my team about it and two of them immediately chimed up that they had their identities stolen last month with credit cards opened in their name. The boss, who works remotely, told about a dozen of us at the end of November we needed to fill out updated W-9s because the company was moving to a new system and send them to him. One of them ran home on lunch and grabbed the letter they were sent from the credit card company, the phone number is ONE number off of our boss’ cell phone number and the address is to a UPS store in the town where he lives. I’ve put up a lot working here but this is absolutely the last straw. The work environment is middling at best but the pay is horrible. I called in sick the day I figured it out and I’m starting to look for something that actually works for me and pays me at least what I’m worth.