text: can power companies disconnect you legally if you are going through an identity theft case? my friends are in this situation.  they have had their power shut off and their apartment complex is trying to evict them and i am looking for some helpful advice to give them. if your friend has secured a rental lease agreement via fraudulent means, the complex management should take immediate steps to evict him, and there will be no problem for them to obtain an eviction order, regardless if he up to date with rental payments.  i suspect that if there is no legal leaseholder name on the lease, who can personally oppose any action, such as power withholding, the management has no obligation to provide eletrical services.  your friend may be well advised to pay any outstanding amount owed to the apartment management by him and seek shelter elsewhere under his own identity.