[APRPEH]

And over the entire 10-year span, federal agencies like the IRS and the Social Security Administration could have detected suspicious use of her Social Security number, since they were collecting taxes from multiple jobs at multiple locations. But it is not the policy of either agency to warn consumers that their number might have been been stolen.

[Lurker]

Here's another victim of your 'victimless' crime.

Just committing the Identity Thefts that Americans don't want to.

L

[conservative in nyc]

But it is not the policy of either agency to warn consumers that their number might have been been stolen.

This is a stupid policy that should be changed - if not just to make it easier to find and prosecute identity theft.

[William Terrell]

Hopefully, the weight of every statute against using illegal aliens will decent on Swift & Co.

[machogirl]

this is another in a long line of things that don't make sense. if it is ILLEGAL for an American citizen to steal and identity, credit card fraud, SSI fraud, medicare fraud, why on Earth is the President, MCCain (my senator), willing to give people a pass, get out of jail free card, citizen ship, back taxes and social security, benefits, to people who have committed crimes? They have to had committed some crimes to be here and working illegally(fake id). Why is a citizen not covered under the equal protection clause? Why is an illegal alien entitled to a special protection from jail that the rest of us aren't if we commit fraud?

[HarmlessLovableFuzzball]

Looking at the source of the article, for a moment I thought 'victim' refered to one of those rounded up.

[Lizavetta]

the IRS and the Social Security Administration could have detected suspicious use of her Social Security number, since they were collecting taxes from multiple jobs at multiple locations

Yet another reason why our big hungry government i.e. politicians, will do nothing to stop this.

[panthermom]

The IRS is truly a rogue agency and they are complicent in the illegal alien nightmare. They don't care where they get their taxes from, they can easily keep track of the SS numbers being duplicated. It does not take a genius to figure out that one person cannot work in multiply states, DUH. But, hey, they are being taxed. They are also the sleazes that give out tax ID numbers to anybody which just exacerbates the illegal problem. Disgusting.

[KeyLargo]

She should just pay the taxes. How insensitive of her to blame the poor immigrants. :)

[Minutemen]

I want to hear the story. Let me get my violin first!

[rabscuttle385]

Chertoff said one Swift-related ID theft victims had been arrested in Texas because his imposter had committed crimes. Other had multiple loans and credit cards taken out in their names, and had their credit ruined.

Folks, when banks and other financial institutions issue credit cards, they rarely if ever check if the information supplied (like income, address, etc.) is actually valid. Defaults, fraud, ID theft, etc. are built in as costs of the business and passed on to law-abiding, paying customers in the form of higher fees, higher interest rates, etc.

All of us pay for these "cheap salads" in the form of higher banking fees, higher interest rates, higher auto insurance rates, higher taxes, etc.

At the end of the day, turns out those salads are pretty damn expensive.

[TomGuy]

And over the entire 10-year span, federal agencies like the IRS and the Social Security Administration could have detected suspicious use of her Social Security number, since they were collecting taxes from multiple jobs at multiple locations. But it is not the policy of either agency to warn consumers that their number might have been been stolen.

Something isn't adding up in this story.

If the SSN had SS income, that amount would show up in the documentation for said SSN.

Sanchez would receive annual SS reports that would show total income applied to her SSN. Surely, she would have noticed an erroneous $120,000 showing up on her account.

[TomGuy]

Homeland Security Director Michael Chertoff complained that his agency is legally barred from communication with the Social Security Administration about Social Security numbers that are used twice.

Who built this wall?

[WashingtonSource]

Another sob story to advance the Communist agenda.

[ImAmericanFirst]

Oh Im sure the republican-bashing open border freepers will be quick to go on the defensive about this article.

[COBOL2Java]

Theresa Sanchez was expecting a $5,400 tax refund when she opened a letter from the IRS in January 2003. Instead, she got a bill demanding payment of taxes on $120,000 in undeclared wages. Someone using her name and Social Security number had earned the money through a series of jobs dating back to 1996 and had not paid any taxes on the income, the letter said.

Nothing will be done about this until some US Senator's child gets a similar letter. On the other hand, the Senator will probably have the "problem" resolved for their child and that will be the end of it.

[gubamyster]

ping

[VeniVidiVici]

bump

[america-rules]

This has happened to me !

Someone named Geraldo in VA has been using my SSN for 5 years,

Last year I got a $10,000 bill from the IRS when I should have received a refund.

I hired a tax lawyer and it turned out the IRS lost my 2004 tax forms and did my taxes for me. They did them as a single filer with no write offs etc..

I re-mailed my 2004 tax forms registered mail to the IRS in NY.

The lawyer got my records from the IRS and good old Geraldo shows up with his address and phone number but with my SSN.

His income was only $12,000 but it was added to my income for 2004.

I reported him to the local police, FBI, SSN admin, Secret Service, Postal service and all the credit agencies etc..

It's been a year and I still haven't received my 2004 refund and haven't heard from anyone what happened to Geraldo ?

In my business we do background checks on customers so I did one on myself and Geraldo shows up several times.

It hasn't affected my credit yet but he's been using my SSN for 5 years.

I'm retired military and I suspect he got the SSN from the Gov't some how ?

[WilliamofCarmichael]

RE: Washington "could have detected suspicious use of her Social Security number"

Absolutely correct and here's proof.

Statement of The Honorable Patrick P. O’Carroll, Inspector General, Social Security Administration, Testimony Before the Subcommittee on Oversight of the House Committee on Ways and Means, February 16, 2006

"In 1998, less than 3 years after the formation of our office, SSA's first confirmed Inspector General testified before Congress and identified the eight greatest challenges facing SSA. After identifying solvency as the first issue, he stated that "Second is the problem of erroneous wage reports held in SSA's Suspense Account."

[What it means: the employer's W-2 (employee earnings) data do not match SSA's Master Earnings file. There's a problem. As a retired "big iron" programmer I've got to believe that multiple hits on the same Master Earnings record (given overlapping time periods and other checks) would also suspend the W-2 data because it indicates possible multiple use of a single SSN.]

"More than 4 years later, in 2002, SSA’s second confirmed Inspector General appeared before Congress and testified that the ESF remained one of the great challenges facing SSA . . .

Now, 4 more years have passed, and I stand before you as SSA’s third confirmed Inspector General. More recommendations have been made to SSA; some have been agreed to, some have even been implemented. Nevertheless, the ESF remains one of SSA’s greatest challenges, and the most significant impediments to resolving that challenge are unchanged: the lack of a meaningful program of sanctions against the most egregious employers, and legal obstacles that prevent SSA from sharing meaningful data with immigration authorities and employers."

More..

"Looking at ESF entries on a yearly basis, the number of entries increased significantly during the decade between 1993 and 2003, but starting in 2001, the increases stopped, and began holding steady."

Remember Monica's boy friend?

The Congress pukes have known for years and years.

[ladyjane]

And the liberals argue that these wonderful illegals have been paying taxes but getting no benefits. Sure.