Exactly correct. So I am going to repeat it-"SS administration takes those funds out. The person who had their identity stolen has a lot of work ahead of them to clear the mess."

And then that victim has to PROVE to the government that the money they earned, and paid into SS is actually money that they themselves earned to obtain SS retirement money. Want to do that 10, 15 , 20 years back, of all your tax records? You keep them that long?