Social Security Number Fraud

Social Security Number Fraud News

Tax return fraud on the rise

When she filed her tax return, a local woman found out someone had already filed under her name and social security number. There's a growing list of victims of tax fraud.

Derry Township taxpayers receive others' personal info, including social security numbers

Most people go to great lengths to protect their Social Security number. But for more than 2,000 Derry Twp. residents, that wasn’t enough. The vice president of Security Savings Systems Inc.

Lawsuit: Social Security number stolen

DANVERS — Like a lot of Americans his age, 55-year-old Jorge Cruz Hernandez lost his job at a commercial cleaning company and found himself facing hard times. After more than two years out of work, in 2010, Hernandez was forced to apply for benefits from the Department of Transitional Assistance, what used to be known as welfare.

Child’s social security number used in bank fraud

A Rome woman called local authorities Tuesday regarding her child’s Social Security number was used in a Texas bank scam. According to Rome police reports: The East Rome resident said that someone ...

Judge: Obama eligible to be Georgia candidate

President Barack Obama’s name will remain on the Georgia primary ballot after a state law judge flatly rejected legal challenges that contend he can not be a candidate. In a 10-page order, Judge Michael Malihi dismissed one challenge that contended Obama has a computer-generated Hawaiian birth certificate, a fraudulent Social Security number and invalid U.S.

Woman’s fraud charges pile up

Federal agents arrested a Denton woman Friday morning on charges ranging from filing false income tax returns and aggravated identity theft to misuse of a Social Security number and wire fraud based on mortgage fraud. She was taken to Plano, where she will remain in jail pending a detention hearing Tuesday.