Social Security is a cornerstone of retirement income for millions of Americans, but growing concerns about fraud are making many question how safe their benefits really are. According to new data ...
The following report is a collaboration with our investigative colleagues at NBC Philadelphia. Scammers are taking advantage of tax season to try to steal your personal information. One NBC Responds ...
A Pennsylvania man could spend up to a decade behind bars after admitting to defrauding the Social Security Administration (SSA) of more than $34,000. His case underscores not only the serious ...
Social Security works with our Office of the Inspector General (OIG) to protect you from scams that use Social Security as bait. Section 1140 of the Social Security Act allows OIG to impose severe ...
Rep. Lloyd Smucker, R-Pa., has introduced the Social Security Child Protection Act, which is aimed at safeguarding children from identity theft when their Social Security cards are lost or stolen.The ...
WASHINGTON — They’ve made grave errors. The Social Security Administration must do more to prevent benefit checks from going to dead people and Congress should step up to pass safeguards to protect ...
SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — A man pleaded guilty in federal court Thursday to fraud charges, admitting he created a false identity in the ’70s to evade a warrant for his arrest and illegally collect ...