It isn’t against the law to use someone else’s social security number.
I was tasked with researching this very situation recently due to a lawsuit where a guy who had bad credit started using his four year old son’s social security number and ran up millions of dollars of debt and then filed bankruptcy.
I called my congressman’s office and the aide told me, “Oh yes, it’s against the law.” I asked them to cite the code section and they researched the law and came back with a Federal code.
I read the code and it says NOTHING about it being a crime. I called the aide back and told them the code doesn’t mention it being a crime and they blew me off.
Interesting, isn’t it? They can make laws to force you to use a certain kind of light bulb, but using a bogus social security number isn’t against the law.
Huhh....
Possibly it depends on how you use it. If you open a bank account or credit card and don’t defraud anyone or steal anything, it might not be a crime per se. Not sure.