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Is using a forged Social Security Number -- but your own name -- to obtain employment or buy a car an identity theft crime? Lately, U.S. courts are saying it's not.
The most recent judicial body to take on the issue, the Colorado Supreme Court, ruled last month that a man who used his real name but someone else's Social Security number to obtain a car loan was not guilty of "criminal impersonation," overturning convictions by lower courts.
That follows a ruling last year by the U.S. Supreme
Originally posted by LDragonFire
If I understand this correctly if some one uses my ssn for a job, and lets say they buy cars and property and pays them off I would reap more when I retire and have better credit??
Originally posted by FlyingJadeDragon
Think of this way:Is anyone really going to be able to collect any meaningful benefit from Social Security in the near future? Additionally,given the general state of economic affairs and resulting banking policies,do credit scores really mean much anymore? I'm thinking not on both counts.
Originally posted by HappilyEverAfter
reply to post by Exuberant1
I dont think it's jelly, just some realism as to how much life is left in this corrupt dying system we're currently under,
there's going to be a conversion or collapse, it's just a matter of which shoe hits first,
not enough coming in to take care of whats going out, that's all, just like any other ponzi scheme in it's final days.
Originally posted by HappilyEverAfter
reply to post by wcitizen
Isnt it though?
Criminal Impersonation by definition? (or to a liability!)
18-5-113. Criminal Impersonation.
(1) A person commits criminal impersonation if he knowingly assumes a false or fictitious identity or capacity, and in such identity or capacity he:
(d) Does an act which if done by the person falsely impersonated, might subject such person to an action or special proceeding, civil or criminal, or to liability, charge, forfeiture, or penalty; or
(e) Does any other act with intent to unlawfully gain a benefit for himself or another or to injure or defraud another.
(2) Criminal impersonation is a class 6 felony.
People who do these things are obviously in a pinch due to the state of the economy and probably think it's okay given the conditions.
Section 9006 of the health care bill -- just a few lines buried in the 2,409-page document -- mandates that beginning in 2012 all companies will have to issue 1099 tax forms not just to contract workers but to any individual or corporation from which they buy more than $600 in goods or services in a tax year. money.cnn.com...
Originally posted by HappilyEverAfter
reply to post by wcitizen
I know, it's crazy right?
Consistency by choice!