From NJ.com:
A New Jersey man who had three Social Security numbers for more than two decades admitted he used them to defraud the government out of of $221,364, authorities said Monday.
Fernando Solaris, 63, of Newark, pleaded guilty to one count each of Social Security disability fraud and theft of government property, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for New Jersey said in a statement. Solaris, who slightly altered his name when he applied for the second and third social security numbers, faces up to 15 years in prison when he is sentenced June 4.
The fraud began in 2002 and lasted until 2015 as he used one of the Social Security numbers to collect disability benefits, claiming he was physically unable to work because of pain in his back and left leg, court papers said. Solaris, however, continued to work using the other two numbers, authorities said. ...
Solaris, who arrived in the United States in 1970 from Uruguay, obtained his first Social Security number in 1973. He secured additional Social Security numbers in 1984 and 1989 using slight variations in his name, according to court papers. ...
3 comments:
He should have needed more than a varied name; varied birth certificates?
He got caught, so how many are doing this and not getting caught and why is it so easy?
Someone once said that once people start coming in with the new notice code instead of the SSN claim number that more people doing this will be caught; they won't be able to keep the claims straight without the numbers if they never knew which one is tied to the second SSN.
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