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Puerto Ricans charged with Social Security fraud
themonitor.com ^ | August 21, 2013 | Associated Press

Posted on 08/21/2013 12:26:26 PM PDT by moonshinner_09

Federal authorities had arrested at least 68 people

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: fraud; immigration; puertorican
Those charged include three doctors and 71 Social Security claimants accused of receiving more than $2 million in disability benefit payments. But the biggest haul allegedly went to a former Social Security worker accused of taking $2.5 million while directing claimants to doctors who would file false claims. .Fraud seems to be a big business. I can't but wonder how many illegals were able to collect free money. PuertoRicans are well known for selling fradulent documents to illegals to cash in on programs like this.Who will Obama blame this on ?
1 posted on 08/21/2013 12:26:26 PM PDT by moonshinner_09
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To: moonshinner_09

Say it isn’t so, Joe!


2 posted on 08/21/2013 12:31:55 PM PDT by Baynative (Lord, keep your arm around my shoulder and your hand over my mouth.)
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To: Baynative

It’s their dress rehersal for statehood! :)


3 posted on 08/21/2013 12:43:05 PM PDT by SMARTY ("The test of every religious, political, or educational system is the man that it forms." H. Amiel)
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To: moonshinner_09

“Puerto Ricans are well known for selling fradulent documents to illegals”

Um, no. Most Puerto Ricans are not that stupid. Who would want to sell their identities for any kind of money? Some drug addicts have done it, but the principal problem related to your claim is that ordinary Puerto Ricans are targeted by international identity theft organizations that steal and sell their paperwork to human traffickers.


4 posted on 08/21/2013 12:43:10 PM PDT by cll (Serviam!)
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To: moonshinner_09; rrstar96; AuH2ORepublican; livius; adorno; wtc911; Willie Green; CGVet58; ...
Puerto Rico Ping! Please Freepmail me if you want on or off the list.


5 posted on 08/21/2013 12:49:48 PM PDT by cll (Serviam!)
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To: moonshinner_09

But of course Illegal Aliens can do no wrong...


6 posted on 08/21/2013 12:51:37 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (This post coming to you today, from behind the Camelskin Curtain. Not the Iron or Bamboo Curtain...)
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To: moonshinner_09

“Puerto Ricans are well known for selling fradulent documents to illegals”

Funny, My grandparents were Puerto Rican and I’ve never heard this before.

The article made no mention of illegal aliens either.

Sounds like some home-grown criminals and an inefficiently run bureaucracy with little accountability, particularly in this office.


7 posted on 08/21/2013 1:20:12 PM PDT by YankeeGirl
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To: DoughtyOne

You do know that people born in Puerto Rico are U.S. citizens, right?


8 posted on 08/21/2013 1:47:04 PM PDT by WayneS (Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos...)
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To: WayneS

The point was, we have enormous amounts of fraud taking place with illegal aliens in this nation, the lower 48 proper. It goes unaddressed so they can focus on Puerto Rico. Gag me with a pitch fork, this media is so fricken biased.


9 posted on 08/21/2013 2:04:28 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (This post coming to you today, from behind the Camelskin Curtain. Not the Iron or Bamboo Curtain...)
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To: cll

Um, no. Most Puerto Ricans are not that stupid. Who would want to sell their identities for any kind of money? Some drug addicts have done it, but the principal problem related to your claim is that ordinary Puerto Ricans are targeted by international identity theft organizations that steal and sell their paperwork to human traffickers.

I recall that all Puerto Ricans had to apply for new birth certificates.
To cut down on theft and fraud cases. The whole country not just a few select people.


10 posted on 08/21/2013 2:08:32 PM PDT by moonshinner_09
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To: moonshinner_09

A lot of the country has had to apply for new birth certificates because a lot of birth certificates were not sealed with a raised seal as is now required to renew ones driving license due to “homeland security” my Mass one sure was. I sure am glad I had the foresight to bolt out of there b 4 I was 2 years old but I still had to pay them good money for a new birth certificate because the one I had used for 40 some odd years was no longer any good.


11 posted on 08/21/2013 2:31:17 PM PDT by scottteng (Tax government employees til they quit and find something useful to do)
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To: SMARTY
"It’s their dress rehearsal for statehood!"

Of course it is. And of course, we all know that the dress rehearsal comes after many other basic rehearsals. For Puerto Rico, that's how they have come to have a BIG percentage of their population collecting American unemployment, social security payments and PERMANENT social security DISABILITY insurance payments. The average time to process a SS disability claim is less than half of what it takes for American citizens in America.

12 posted on 08/21/2013 5:01:18 PM PDT by Baynative (Lord, keep your arm around my shoulder and your hand over my mouth.)
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To: moonshinner_09

Because of the tens of thousands of identity theft cases that we suffered over the past years. This thieves were breaking into schools and business not to steal valuable equipment, but to steal student and personnel records.


13 posted on 08/21/2013 5:43:44 PM PDT by cll (Serviam!)
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To: Baynative

“Cases noted that of the top 10 U.S. zip codes tied to people receiving disability benefits, nine are in Puerto Rico. “Not everyone is receiving them fraudulently, but it is worrying,” he said. “Something is wrong.”

Yes, something is wrong!


14 posted on 08/21/2013 7:06:44 PM PDT by B4Ranch (AGENDA: Grinding America Down ----- http://vimeo.com/63749370)
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To: DoughtyOne

Thanks.

I apologize for misunderstanding your post.


15 posted on 08/22/2013 4:21:00 AM PDT by WayneS (Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos...)
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To: WayneS

No problem...


16 posted on 08/22/2013 3:16:04 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (This post coming to you today, from behind the Camelskin Curtain. Not the Iron or Bamboo Curtain...)
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