IRS documented 1.3M cases of identity thefts by illegal aliens, can’t confirm single prosecution:
"...The Internal Revenue Service may not be, according to a CNS News investigation.
The online news outlet reported that in a five year period, 2011 through 2016, more than 1.3 million cases of identity theft were documented by the IRS involving illegal aliens who had been issued Individual Taxpayer Identification Numbers.
...When asked by CNS News how many of the 1.3 million documented cases had been referred for criminal prosecution, the agency couldn’t say if it had referred even one of these cases.
But that’s not the worst of it.
The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA), which oversees the IRS, discovered approximately 1.2 million cases in 2017 alone of an illegal alien working in the U.S. who had filed a tax return reporting wages earned while using a Social Security Number that belonged to someone else or was fabricated, CNS News reported.
In either case, it would constitute a felony, according to the Social Security Act..."
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