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    Feds arrest undocumented immigrants who stole identities of hurricane-hit Puerto Rica

    Feds arrest undocumented immigrants who stole identities of hurricane-hit Puerto Ricans to get benefits

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    Jul 26th 2018 1:20PM


    Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Thursday announced charges against 28 people, most of them undocumented immigrants, for stealing the identities of U.S. citizens to illegally receive government benefits.

    Sessions said 22 of the individuals were undocumented Dominican Republic nationals who stole the identities of mostly Puerto Ricans who had been displaced by Hurricane Maria last September. They used stolen Social Security numbers and other documents to get government benefits, such as Medicaid and federally subsidized housing in Massachusetts.

    "Two people, same name, same numbers. One in Puerto Rico and one in Massachusetts receiving Medicaid benefits," Sessions said. "In some cases, both people with the same identity were receiving medical services on the same day, in both jurisdictions, 1,600 miles apart." In some cases, he added, the individuals who committed the identity theft also obtained driver's licenses and registered to vote.

    Sessions announced the charges in Boston with U.S. Attorney Andrew Lelling, who said 21 of the individuals charged had been arrested and are in federal or state custody. He also said that several people charged are undergoing processing for deportation.
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    Those arrested face two years in federal prison.

    Sessions said federal and state investigators analyzed Medicaid benefit payments and noticed suspicious activity. Investigators then discovered more than 110 cases of people with the same name and same Social Security number, he said.
    Officials did not reveal how the individuals were able to steal the personal information. Representatives for the U.S. Attorney's office and the Department of Justice did not immediately return a request for comment.

    In one instance, Sessions said, a Puerto Rican affected by the hurricane attempted to apply for government housing but was told they were already receiving it in Massachusetts.

    "These government programs are intended to help the poor, the elderly, American citizens — not those who are trespassing in the country," Sessions said. "This kind of fraud is a theft from our seniors, a theft from our taxpayers and theft from the needy, a theft from America." Sessions said the case was a part of operation "Double Trouble," a task force his office is leading in conjunction with U.S. attorneys across the country to crack down on those committing document and benefit fraud, particularly undocumented immigrants.

    "We are an open, generous nation," Sessions said. "Accepting illegal immigration, however, would be a disservice to the legal immigrants who played by the rules, waited their turn, respected our laws, our customs and our way of life." He added, "You do not get to come to America unlawfully. Let's just make that clear. This system is built on making your application and waiting your turn, and not all of those who are here illegally have committed additional crimes, but many have."

    At the press conference, law enforcement officials said 28 people had been arrested; a DOJ press release about the arrests said 25. DOJ could not immediately resolve the discrepancy.

    https://www.aol.com/article/news/2018/07/26/feds-arrest-undocumented-immigrants-who-stole-identities-of-hurricane-hit-puerto-ricans-to-get-benefits/23490322/

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    Quote Originally Posted by MW View Post

    "Two people, same name, same numbers. One in Puerto Rico and one in Massachusetts receiving Medicaid benefits," Sessions said. "In some cases, both people with the same identity were receiving medical services on the same day, in both jurisdictions, 1,600 miles apart.
    49 years ago the US landed on the moon, but today we do not have a system in place to cross reference SS numbers, it is mind boggling
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    Feds charge 25, mostly Dominican Republic nationals, after stolen identity, benefit fraud sweep

    Updated 7:46 PM; Posted 7:46 PM


    By State House News Service

    Federal prosecutors charged 25 people Thursday in a document and benefit fraud case that officials say involved people obtaining Medicaid, housing and unemployment benefits they were otherwise not eligible to receive.

    According to the Department of Justice, the "Double Trouble" investigation conducted by a homeland security task force also found individuals received Registry of Motor Vehicles identity documents that they were ineligible to receive.

    Prosecutors say "many" of the defendants have criminal histories, including a convicted murderer, Jose Lopez Rosado, who escaped from prison in Puerto Rico in 1994. Twenty-one of those charged are unlawfully in the country, the justice department said.

    The task force is investigating people, mostly Dominican Republic nationals, that prosecutors say are "believed to have obtained stolen identities of United States citizens living in Puerto Rico and who have used those identities to obtain documents and public benefits that they would not otherwise be eligible to receive."

    The defendants face an array of charges, from aggravated identity theft to false representation of a Social Security number, identity theft, and theft of public funds.

    https://www.masslive.com/news/index...._dominica.html



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    Do as I say, not as I do?
    Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Thursday announced charges against 28 people, most of them undocumented immigrants, for stealing the identities of U.S. citizens to illegally receive government benefits.
    Why did he refer to "undocumented immigrants" after he let it be known that were to be referred to as "illegal aliens"?

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    Quote Originally Posted by jtdc View Post
    Do as I say, not as I do?Why did he refer to "undocumented immigrants" after he let it be known that were to be referred to as "illegal aliens"?
    That was the journalist words that wrote the articles, not Jeff Sessions. It was not a quote.

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