Woman Who Bought House Using Stranger's Name Gets 5 Years for ID Theft

Washington Post ^ | November 10, 2007 | Tom Jackman

[3AngelaD]

And her brother has fled to Bolivia. God knows what he was up to. Interesting the Post omits information on anyone's immigration status.

[squarebarb]

I have heard that there are really wealthy illegal immigrants here. I think it was from a caller on Rush. They apparently make very large purchases, own expensive homes, etc. and form a network among themselves, and underground economy as it were.

I guess this one got caught.

[ConservativeMind]

I’m happy just knowing of the Post’s downward financial spiral.

[Coldwater Creek]

At the cancer clinic that my husband went to, a woman was getting treatment with a stolen identity, until getting caught.

The sad thing is that the clinic would have treated her for free, and now is getting that treatment in jail.

[Truth29]

The punishment doesn’t begin to fit the crime. She should be made to pay for the rest of her life for what she has done to the innocent victims.

[the invisib1e hand]

if it involves a latino surname, it’s got to be bad news, eh? WAPO is dishing it out, and FR is eating from its hands.

[Sybeck1]

ID theft should be a federal crime.

[3AngelaD]

What is that supposed to mean? I am Latina. I have an Hispanic surname.I speak Spanish. And the Washington Post left more questions unanswered than it answered.

[#1CTYankee]

"And her brother has fled to Bolivia. God knows what he was up to. Interesting the Post omits information on anyone's immigration status."

I remember when she was arrested, can't recall if she was illegal but her brother was and managed to make it out of the country before she got caught.

[3AngelaD]

If someone steals your identity and uses your identification, neither the IRS or Social Security is allowed to tell you.

[advance_copy]

Cabrera-Rivera and her husband were laborers who did not earn enough money to buy a $419,000 townhouse

They're just here commiting fraud that no Americans will commit.

[Southerngl]

My boss found out his daughter (just turned 18) had her ID stolen at age 5. Turns out this daughter owes $250,000 for purchases of homes, cars and credit cards since she was five years old. Illegal immigrant caught, but fled before court date.

[catpuppy]

This cannot be true. Everyone knows that a driver’s license can’t possibly be used to falsify one’s identity. Just ask New York Governor Eliot Spitzer. </sarc>

[NonValueAdded]

Nail that mortgage broker too!

[rineaux]

but a mortgage broker got them the loan in Lara’s name.

What happened to the mortgage broker who may have committed a crime as well. He knew the folks were not Jose Lara. Jail time too?

[3AngelaD]

Gee, they never named the mortgage broker, did they?

[Ole Okie]

If someone steals your identity and uses your identification, neither the IRS or Social Security is allowed to tell you.

Say what?

If the law says that, then the law is a ass.

[AndyJackson]

they're just here commiting fraud that no Americans will commit.

These immigrants are such amateurs. The professionals do it $100B at a time selling worthless paper.

[AndyJackson]

hen the law is a ass.

Check on your congressional leadership recently?

[Joann37]

Lou Dobbs had a woman on a few months ago, and her SS# was stolen by about 20 illegals. She stated that the govt. would do NOTHING whatsoever to help her with her plight.