A for­mer direc­tor of the New Jer­sey Divi­sion of Con­sumer Affairs and con­sumer advo­cate with more than 40 years of expe­ri­ence in per­son­al finance and pri­va­cy, Adam Levin is chair­man and founder of Iden­ti­ty Theft 911 and Cred​it​.com. He writes a week­ly col­umn for The Huff­in­g­ton Post and fre­quent­ly appears on nation­al tele­vi­sion and radio. He lives in New York.