Man accused of stealing 7-year-old's ID
by AP
Link to ArticlePolice in a Chicago suburb say the Internal Revenue Service has told a 7-year-old boy he owes back taxes on $60,000 because someone else has been using the youngster's identity to collect wages and unemployment benefits.Officers in suburban Carpentersville said Friday the second-grader's identity has been in use by someone else since 2001. Detectives have filed a felony identity theft charge against 29-year-old Cirilo Centeno of Streamwood, Ill. They accuse Centeno of using the boy's personal information to collect more than $60,000 in pay and services while working three jobs. They say he also used the boy's ID to buy a truck, pay bills and even collect unemployment benefits. These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. If you have accounts on these bookmarking sites, you can post this story to share it with others.
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