[Duke Nukum]

Except for the fact that it’s illegal to steal other people’s identities.

I hear most employers keep the SS because if they sent stolen or bogus SS numbers they would draw undue attention to themselves.

[ndt]

"Except for the fact that it’s illegal to steal other people’s identities."

Correct, but that still does not make the title of the article any more misleading.

"I hear most employers keep the SS because if they sent stolen or bogus SS numbers they would draw undue attention to themselves."

Can't say that I would be too surprised if that were true. That would be a healthy chunk of change for even a few employees. The IRS would not be looking for it and the alien would not want to check up on it.