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A British television star tried to prove that identity theft was no big deal by having his bank account number printed in a newspaper. And then he was ripped off.

Jeremy Clarkson of the British show Top Gear stated that the loss of millions of records containing personal information was a “storm in a teacup.” He said identity theft was a sham, and he’d a newspaper print his bank account details to prove it, along with information on himself, his address, and his vehicle.

And then someone stole

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