This chapter explains San Diego experience with identity theft and the interrelated crimes of mail theft check fraud, forgery, and methamphetamine abuse as seen through the eyes of a criminal investigator charged with investigating these violations and protecting businesses and the public. Although this particular criminal activity has impacted many cities in America over the last three decades, San Diego, California, has been particularly hard hit. A number of factors came together to create a perfect storm that fostered a very bad experience for the inhabitants of this city. Although some things have changed, much has not. The scourge of identity theft lives on in San Diego and throughout the world.