Court to decide if illegal immigrants'use of social security numbers is ID theft

WASHINGTON— The Supreme Court agreed to decide whether people picked up on immigration violations also can face charges of identity theft if they use Social Security and other identification numbers that belong to others. Federal appeals courts have split over whether the defendant must know that the phony ID numbers belong to a real person and the court said it will resolve the question.

[we need the supremes for this?]

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