Online Traffic School...Great Way To Get Your Identity Stolen?

[Montsta]

Hey Huddle. I've had more than my fair share of tickets. Did in person traffic school damn near 20 years ago, and have done online twice. Both of these times were many, many years ago. 

My little brother got a ticket so we told him do online traffic school. He signed up for one he found through the DMV website as legit, but the poo seems fishy to me. 

This kid never leaves town and doesn't shop online and yet not long after signing up for this thing there was a weird charge for a cab in New York (we are in California). He had to stop his debit card and get a new one. 

What really gets me is he was about to start the class and it starts asking him some weird questions, you know, what street did you grow up on, what was your favorite childhood movie, etc. It claimed to do it to verify you are in fact the one taking the test, so it re asks you these throughout the course. I don't recall ever getting asked these questions.

These are the kind of questions your bank or credit bureau ask you when you have forgotten your social security number or credit information, and seems very shady to me. I started googling and found literally 35 more sites, all on California DMV list of approved sites, that have similar verifications. I literally can't find anything anywhere saying this is a scam.

So my question is this...who in the fug would agree to that level of personal questions to do school and avoid a $200 ticket? Seems like even if it is legit it is just asking to get your identity taken in a bad, bad, irreversible type way. 

Anyone have any ideas as to how I (we) can bring this to the attention of someone at a state level? Or am I overreacting big time?

[WilmyWood]

I've never done it before, but you can try this:

https://www.ic3.gov/complaint/default.aspx

Also, has he been monitoring his credit since this happened?  creditkarma.com is all he'd need to make sure accounts arent being opened in his name.