January 29, 2013 By Matt Cover
(CNSNews.com) – A report from the Social Security Administration Inspector General (IG) found 4,317 instances where a non-citizen was able to obtain two Social Security numbers, including 542 instances that happened since 2001. “We identified 4,317 instances where the Numident record of 2 SSNs assigned to noncitizens contained matching first, middle, and last names; dates and places of birth; gender; and fathers’ and mothers’ names,” the IG reported on Dec. 10, 2012.
Numident – which stands for Numerical Identification System – is the master file of applications for social security numbers. The IG found that SSA had issued multiple numbers to 4,317 non-citizens from 1981-2011. The IG found that the errors occurred because SSA did not cross-check the names of the people applying for an additional Social Security number….To Read More……
My Take – Clearly this creates a capacity for illegal activity, but does this also mean that if you have two SSI numbers you could collect two checks at retirement?
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