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WICHITA, Kan. Dept: WICHITA, Kan. - When Candida Gutierrez's identity was stolen, the thief didn't limit herself to opening fraudulent credit and bank accounts. She assumed Gutierrez's persona completely, using it to get a job, a driver's licence, a mortgage and even medical care for the birth of two children, according to Winnipeg Free Press. The scheme has been linked to illegal immigrants who use stolen Social Security numbers to get paid at their jobs, and authorities fear the problem could soon grow to ensnare more unsuspecting Americans and houston school teacher Candida Gutierrez talks Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012, in Houston about the frustration of having her identity stolen several years ago. When Gutierrez s identity was stolen, the thief didn t limit herself to opening fraudulent credit and bank accounts. She assumed Gutierrez s persona completely, using it to get a job, a driver s license, a mortgage and even medical care for the birth of two children. AP Photo/Pat Sullivan All the while, the crook claimed the real Gutierrez was the one who had stolen her identity. The women's unusual tug-of-war puts a face on "total identity theft," a brazen form of the crime in which con artists go beyond financial fraud to assume many other aspects of another person's life. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.