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Available sources do not give a single, nationwide annual tally of prosecutions and convictions for “Social Security fraud” as a whole; the Congressional Research Service notes that SSA OIG received 3...
Federal investigators point to conventional financial-forensics evidence—bank records, Suspicious Activity Reports, subpoenas and notices, shell-company filings, property and travel records, and conve...
The available SSA OIG reporting over the past five years typically announces restitution orders tied to convictions but rarely documents cash actually recovered; most news releases state amounts defen...
The most recent multi-year estimate cited by the SSA Office of Inspector General places Social Security improper payments at nearly $72 billion for fiscal years 2015–2022; that OIG report and contempo...
Social Security fraud in 2025 appears as a mix of criminal prosecutions, growing impersonation scams, and agency countermeasures: recent SSA Office of Inspector General (OIG) press releases show multi...