urgent help!!!!! AOS how does the uscis check your status when you apply.

[stevenstewart19]

Im not sure if this is in the relevant area as my question goes over a few different subjects so im hoping somone can help me

my story
i came to the states on a j1 visa to do design at a small firm September 2008 in January due to the downturn my small firm couldn't survive so i was let go obviously making me out of status, but my boss was willing to say i was still working there on my half term so that in essence i kept my status and stay without trouble .
due to the fact that finding work was hard as hell I decided to leave which was fine, until i got a letter from KCC in june saying i had won the 2010 DV Lottery so i decided it was worth staying and simply do a AOS my J1 visa to a green card, however it just dawned on me A. How do they know if you are out of status i mean officially my boss would say i was working there how can they prove i wasn't and what lenghs do they go to to see your status is current, because if it is just a simple case of looking me up on the system i am fine but do they call the place of work etc.
Please any help would be great as i am just about to send the money into the state department to pay for AOS.
also do they check your bank account as i have obviously been payed on various jobs but undeclared of course
WHAT ARE MY OPTIONS?

[hotelier73]

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What is the expiration date on your DS 2019 ? Are you subject to 2 yrs home residency requirement? Have you talked to your sponsor ( on DS 2019) to help you get a job somewhere else?