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Originally Posted by JohannBernoulli1667
I thought that it was only considered fraud If you were using someone else's number. Not if you were using some random out of the hat number which does not belong to anyone. Also, Once I used a number that was my dads second last name because they made a mistake when typing my name.
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Originally Posted by shimmy
"The following are representative of violations that could result in criminal prosecution for Social Security fraud:
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using a Social Security Number (SSN) obtained on the basis of false information or
falsely using the SSN of another person, for the purpose of obtaining or increasing a payment under Social Security or any other federally funded program, or for any other purpose;..."
http://www.justice.gov/usao/eousa/fo...m/usab5206.pdf
Isn't a person's name and information associated with his/her SSN? |
When filling out an application you only put the SS# and your own real name and info. Both my father and mother used SS# that they bought in NY. I remember my father telling me a few years ago, that the court ruled that it is NOT a BIG DEAL of a crime of using somebody's else SS# because it is only a number. Now if you use it, and you use their name and information then it becomes A BIG crime. I don't have a source but that's what he told me (He may have misheard it on Univision, if he is wrong).
Also, I know a woman that got her papers through her father. She had to write a letter (apologizing) to immigration explaining why she was working in this country while she was illegal (with fake SS#).