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The last large raids were in 2006 at Swift Meat packing. What set them off was an internal investigation of a Hispanic worker in ICE who the IRS was complaining
by Tangurena2 3y ago
The last large raids were in 2006 at Swift Meat packing. What set them off was an internal investigation of a Hispanic worker in ICE who the IRS was complaining had not been paying income tax. Due to identity theft, her name & SSN were being used at more than 50 simultaneous jobs. Apparently the financial motive for a lot of identity theft is to find Hispanic name & SSN combos, which were, at least back in 2006, worth over $50 each to companies looking to dodge eVerify checks.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swift_raids https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swift_raids
- ftyers 3y agoUsually it's not the company that pays. The company just says "turn up with an SSN" and then other people who already work there put the new employee in touch with someone who deals in them. I've heard it cost 200-250$ for one. But that way the company has plausible deniability, and its the worker who is the "identity thief". A lot of the stuff is done on word of mouth, by compatriots just looking to help each other out.