From: "E. ALLEN SMITH" <EALLENSMITH@ocelot.Rutgers.EDU>
Date: Sat, 18 May 1996 04:45:36 +0800
To: unicorn@schloss.li
Subject: Re: Fingerprinting annoyance
Message-ID: <01I4QVHPIRS68Y5E90@mbcl.rutgers.edu>
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From:	IN%"unicorn@schloss.li"  "Black Unicorn" 15-MAY-1996 00:00:25.51
>On Tue, 14 May 1996, Timothy C. May wrote:

>> At 3:22 PM 5/14/96, Matthew Williams wrote:
>> >Although knowingly providing a fake social security number when one
>> >has any expectation of gain is, I believe, a felony.

>> >42 USC. sec. 408.

>Note the key provisons, for gain, and when submitted to those entitled to
>the number legally.

	But is "entitled to the number legally" meaning anyone who _must_
have the number legally (IRS & other government agencies, those dealing with
the IRS, etcetera), or anyone who can require it as a condition of doing
business? There is a difference between the two, at least according to the
Social Security Number FAQ that I last read.
	-Allen