We've had a thread or two about folks claiming SS benefits that are not theirs...and now...
"Tim Sagert has been enduring the pain of a double-whammy of identity theft.
First, a crook used his stolen ID to claim Social Security benefits last spring. Then this tax season, Sagert was hit with an SSA-1099 tax form for reporting the income paid to the crook....
Why should he have to fret about the possibility of paying income taxes on $2,095 in Social Security benefits when a fraudster stole the money? And why is he stuck constantly calling and trying to straighten things out with Social Security?"
https://www.freep.com/story/money/p...oks-steal-social-security-benefits/354307002/
omni
"Tim Sagert has been enduring the pain of a double-whammy of identity theft.
First, a crook used his stolen ID to claim Social Security benefits last spring. Then this tax season, Sagert was hit with an SSA-1099 tax form for reporting the income paid to the crook....
Why should he have to fret about the possibility of paying income taxes on $2,095 in Social Security benefits when a fraudster stole the money? And why is he stuck constantly calling and trying to straighten things out with Social Security?"
https://www.freep.com/story/money/p...oks-steal-social-security-benefits/354307002/
omni