Posted on 10/21/2014 6:10:29 AM PDT by dennisw
So any illegal can just say, “I didn’t know”? And of course, we can count on them to be honest...after they slithered across our border like thieves in the night. What happened to “ignorance of the law is no excuse”? I guess that only applies to Americans.
Jose and Pedro know what they are doing is illegal. That is all anyone needs to know to convict.
Highly likely that this guy knew the number was fraudulent. Maybe the DA should have charged* him appropriately.
*For the record I have no idea, maybe he was charged with multiple counts and it was just the theft charge the Court rightly tossed.
Must be in Chicago...
Thinking logically, if one knows the identification data they are using is NOT THEIRS, then why is it not identity theft when it happens to be someone else’s (as opposed to fictitious)?
The law is an ass.
He could argue that, for all he knew, the number he bought was simply made up and belonged to nobody. Therefore, no theft. The burden of proving otherwise is on the prosecution.
Employers are supposed to receive "no-match" letters from the Social Security Administration informing them of any employees they may have whose SSN's do not match with their names. However, as you can see from the link, the 'Rats made sure the process of resolving do-not-matches is complex and subjects the employer to legal risk. We wouldn't want employers actually catching illegals, would we?
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