They threw Claire out with one suitcase and called her a useless wife. Three days later, her former mother-in-law ordered her back to cook for the family—offering twenty dollars an hour as “charity.” Claire hung up and canceled every card they had been using in her name. By noon, $42,680 in luxury purchases had been declined. By evening, her ex-husband discovered an even bigger problem: the home he planned to mortgage did not belong to him.