Associated Press
ATLANTA, Georgia -- The Georgia Supreme Court has upheld the identity fraud conviction of an illegal immigrant from Mexico who used the name and Social Security number of a Georgia man to get a job at a poultry plant.
In a unanimous decision released Monday, the justices said Georgia's identity theft law is not unconstitutionally vague, nor is it pre-empted by federal law.
The high court found that Nohe Gomes Hernandez "misappropriated the Social Security number of Jason Smith," and that he "then used this misappropriated number to obtain a Social Security card and a California driver's license in Smith's name
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Authorities learned about the case when the real Jason Smith, from Danielsville, Ga., applied for a $600 tax refund, but the Internal Revenue Service said he owed $12,000 in back taxes.
Posted by tyne at January 9, 2007