They need to work more closely with state police and not let offenders walk out the door, OConnell told the Herald. They also need to be more proactive in mining their own database to look for people who have stolen identifications.
Court documents show one of the first stops made by the 25 accused identity thieves was the RMV to obtain a drivers license once they had another persons name, date of birth and Social Security number at their disposal.
Sessions said one of the victims learned his problems were just beginning when he applied for a government housing subsidy after Hurricane Maria wiped out his house in Puerto Rico last fall, and was told he was already receiving (public housing benefits) 1,600 miles away in Massachusetts.
By simply running an analytical comparison of Medicaid reimbursements issued in Massachusetts against the same data in Puerto Rico, Sessions and Lelling said investigators amassed 110 cases where recipients with identical names and Social Security numbers were issued checks in both locations, and sometimes on the same day. Lelling said the task force is chasing down more than 80 additional leads.
Lelling said most of the accused have prior criminal records, including drug trafficking, forgery, armed robbery.
And there is Jose Lopez Rosado, a U.S. citizen authorities said escaped a Puerto Rican prison in 1994 while serving a 40-year sentence for murder.
IIRC, Sessions proposed that retrieved money be used for the wall.
$200,000 doesn’t sound like much in the grand scheme of things.
I’m sure it’s just the tip of the iceberg.
Sounds like the real criminals are the DS administrative hacks who think this is all just hunky dory.
Pelosi to make an announcement about these crumbs in 3...2...1...
Nice bust, Magoo! Now on the the multi $billion dollar global scheme known as the Clinton Foundation!
One of those arrested also had a blunt! /s
Greatest AG ever! /s
Weasel Mueller and his Klown Kar team continue to fraudulently obtain a similar sum every a day or two.
Does Jefferson care?
> $200,000 of fraudulently collected government benefits <
Just $200,000. Really? There’s probably at least $2,000,000 worth of fraudulently collected government benefits just within a one mile radius of my house.
Is this how Mexico will pay for the wall by allowing us to keep our own tax money to spend on the wall?
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Sessions is noteworthy precisely for his complete unimpressiveness.
I certainly don’t have $200K in my bank account, but on a USA Govt. scale, that’s small potatoes. On that scale, it’s like talking about Seventeen Cents, all in old pennies. “Crumbs!”, as Nancy would say.
If the person was a serial fraudster, then fine, but why even release this info?
Were they committing other crimes, like child trafficking?
American taxpayers are being ripped off while we are trying to make ends meet and pay the Obamacare tax so that these same crooks can get free stuff. This is not fair.
Make these government hacks pay for reimbursement on this. I guarantee this lazy BS will stop.
200k and he ignores the $1B illegally funnel thru the Clinton Foundation?
Fraudulently documented foreigners have been ripping off the citizens for BILLION$$$$ for decades.
Both parties have been encouraging this theft, of our money and ultimately, of our country.
You’re talking about Massholes here. There is NO oversight of illegals in that state. They are a protected species.
If he’s looking for government waste/fraud he can start with himself.
When that number starts will billion, he’ll be onto something.
If our government wanted to stop illegals from using someone elses social security number, it could do so. Most of the blame falls on Congress. They dont want to be responsible for passing any laws that benefit average working, law-abiding citizens.