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    Jeff Sessions: ID crooks commit 'theft from America'

    Jeff Sessions: ID crooks commit 'theft from America'

    Attorney General outs $200G of fraudulently collected government benefits

    Laurel J. Sweet, Brooks Sutherland, Joe Dwinell Friday, July 27, 2018
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    U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions

    U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions came to Boston yesterday to throw a spotlight on what he called “theft from America” by 25 mostly illegal immigrants charged with massive government fraud that’s being blamed on shoddy oversight by the Registry of Motor Vehicles.

    “Operation Double Trouble” accounted for $200,000 in heisted Medicare, unemployment and public housing benefits. One of the suspects, the feds said, is a convicted killer who escaped from prison in Puerto Rico.

    “Across this city and across America, teachers, truck drivers, construction workers are going to work and paying taxes that are being stolen from the public treasury by fraudsters and criminals,” Sessions said at a press conference held at the Seaport offices of U.S. Attorney Andrew E. Lelling.

    “These government programs are intended to help the poor, the elderly, American citizens — not those that are trespassing in the country,” he added. “This kind of fraud is a theft from our seniors, a theft from our taxpayers, and a theft from the needy — theft from America.”

    Gov. Charlie Baker defended the RMV, saying the state has “significantly beefed up” the fraud unit and worked with Homeland Security on the case. He called catching the cheats “a high priority.” He also said the REAL ID program, which requires proof of citizenship, has been a big help.
    Registrar Erin Deveney said in a statement the RMV has added “technology tools and enhanced training” to help spot fraud.

    But state Rep. Shaunna O’Connell (R-Taunton) said the RMV must up its game.
    “They need to work more closely with state police and not let offenders walk out the door,” O’Connell 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 driver’s license once they had another person’s 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.

    Rosado, court documents state, was issued a Massachusetts driver’s license in 2008 under an alleged victim’s name and applied for a learner’s permit for a motorcycle license in 2012 on which he requested he be registered to vote.

    Between 2009 and 2011, court documents state the Massachusetts Department of Unemployment Assistance paid $25,095 in benefits to the name Rosado stands accused of stealing. Rosado was positively identified to investigators earlier this month by his ex-wife.

    If found guilty, the most serious fraud charges carry 10-year prison sentences and fines of up to $250,000.

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    We shouldn't let third world losers come here. To them cheating and stealing from other people is just part of everyday life. They see nothing wrong with it.

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