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When an illegal uses a stolen SS number to get a job, how do they cash paychecks? Seems like they’d need an ID “package” to set up a bank account to pass the checks thru. Or maybe they use a check cashing service? Between taxes paid (then never get back) and check-cashing fees, the illegal’s paycheck must be pretty ground down by the time they get any remaining cash in hand. It almost seems like money laundering.
They normally buy a document package. The were three cartel type groups forging USA documents in Mexico and smuggling them into the country. Distribution is generally through flea market vendors. The illegal brings a passport type photo, pays the money (it was $100 to $200 per set) and comes back the next day to pick up his package.
The packages came with a birth certificate, a drivers license and a social security card. They also sold green cards.
They caught one ring in Denver with over 3 million ID sets.
They claim married and 9 dependents and pay almost nothing in income tax. All they are out is social security. Every one to two years they get another ID before the IRS comes looking for them. Many times they are filing for an earned income tax credit and get back up to $8K.
My brother a few years back got a letter saying he owed another $50K in income tax. Seems he was working nine jobs in five states at the same time.
By the same token, the may buy several ID sets, work under one and file for welfare benefits under the others.
I got a laugh out of one that went viral on facebook. A cop posted a fake DL where he had used a picture of him AND his girlfriend!