Illegal immigrants assuming false IDs to get credit, jobs

Carolyn Hileman | January 7, 2008 

By ROXANA HEGEMANWICHITA, Kan. (AP) — When Air Force veteran Marcos Miranda had his identity stolen, he went from being a valued customer and employee to a government statistic — one of thousands of identity theft victims caught up each year in the crackdown on illegal immigrants. Identity theft has been a growing worry nationwide, but a rise in federal prosecutions against illegal immigrants offers a new wrinkle to the problem. As the government develops more sophisticated electronic employment verification systems, illegal immigrants are assuming real names and Social Security numbers of U.S. citizens like Miranda to thwart detection at workplaces, to get driver’s licenses and to obtain credit.

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