When I worked at a restruant years ago, the owner got in trouble with wages so he started having to pay everyone with a check. This included the mostly illegal

When I worked at a restruant years ago, the owner got in trouble with wages so he started having to pay everyone with a check. This included the mostly illegal immigrant staffed kitchen. This presented a problem as you need their SSN's to have them legally work there to legally report their income. But the guys in the kitchen didn't flinch. They just went over to the run down part of town, and the next day all came back with fresh new SSNs. These guys had no idea what an SSN was, just that they needed one and that you can pay a guy to give you one. The owner doesn't care because it's not on him to police the legitimacy of the provided ssns. So you end up with a bunch of people whose IDs were stolen having to wrangle with the IRS to not get taxed on the pay for a line cook or dishwasher. Totally idiotic and outdated system.