Another myth down the drain

Conventional wisdom says that illegal aliens who use the Social Security number of another are really doing no harm. It’s a “victimless crime” as they like to say.

The theory is that they don’t make enough money to pay taxes and so all this extra cash winds up in the coffers at Social Security, and heaven knows we need more money in that fund.

Nice theory but it’s WRONG.

Here are some cases to prove my point:
On January 30, 2009 the Daily Herald reported that Armando Cruz of Carpentersville was charged with stealing the identity of a 7-year- old and then using it to get a job, buy a home, and some cars. Can you say, “Ruined credit history?”

(By the way, there are cases on the books where babies are born with their identities already stolen. The thieves make up a nine digit number that hasn’t been issued yet, only to have the government assign that number to a newborn!)

Another case:
Catalina Amezquita-Mares of Chicago was earning money against the Social Security number of a woman in Carpentersville. Those earnings disqualified the real owner when she sought Medicaid benefits for her sick daughter.

Here’s more proof
Last year Cirilo Centeno of Streamwood left a different 7-year-old from Carpentersville with a tax bill on $60K.

From February of last year Marcelina Castenada up at Fisher Nuts owes taxes on $49,833 earned under the name of another.

Also from last February Cesar Vega-Gonzalez at Assured Staffing in Crystal Lake. His unreported earnings were $23,706.

Or Adriana Campos of McHenry owed the IRS more than $300 in taxes from her job at Trim Rite Industries.

Then there was Felipe Orsornio of Carpentersville.

Emilio Velazquez-Villa and Gabriel Fuentes-Garcia of Rolling Meadows.

Ambrosio DeJesus-Flores of West Chicago.

I’m afraid that all this extra income earned under someone else’s name really is creating victims in its wake.

Be sure to check your Social Security Income Statements carefully.