Social Security Administration Office of the Inspector General

A New York man has been sentenced to 2 years in prison for laundering the proceeds of elder fraud and computer fraud schemes. #SocialSecurity #Investigations Read more: https://ow.ly/OIAX50VqnMH

A Louisiana man has been sentenced to 17 months of imprisonment for threatening an SSA employee. On November 6, 2023, the man placed a phone call to the SSA office. During the call, he became irate, disruptive, and threatened the employees. #SocialSecurity #Investigations Read more: https://ow.ly/iicK50VpAyA

A Mexican national living in Arizona has been indicted by a federal grand jury with Passport and Visa Fraud. Read more: https://ow.ly/aLOm50VqnBV

The Social Security Administration (SSA) Office of the Inspector General is cautioning the public to be aware of emails that appear to be from SSA and include a link to download their Social Security statement. This email is an attempt to lure individuals to fraudulent sites that are not associated with SSA. The image below closely resembles a legitimate Gov Delivery email, making it particularly deceptive. THIS EMAIL IS NOT FROM SSA. This is NOT an official SSA notice, nor is it from an official government email address. It does NOT have “.gov” as part of the sender’s address. Read more: https://ow.ly/XS7w50VsvC2

A Pennsylvania woman has been sentenced to 5 years of probation. According to information presented to the court, from in and around May 2016 to in and around January 2022, the woman embezzled and converted for her own use approximately $91,300 in #SocialSecurity payments to which she knew she was not entitled. Read more: https://ow.ly/78fY50VpApF

A New York father and son are facing multiple fraud and ID theft charges in a Rochester area credit card scam. #SocialSecurity #Investigations Read more: https://ow.ly/ufYJ50VoSEm

A 50-year-old resident of Westport, Washington, pleaded guilty to Social Security fraud, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Teal Luthy Miller. The man admitted that he failed to tell the Social Security Administration that he was able to work and illegally collected $126,928 in benefits. Chief U.S. District Judge David G. Estudillo scheduled sentencing for June 9, 2025. Read more: https://ow.ly/Q3hm50VnZXF

U.S. District Judge Nancy Torresen sentenced a Maine woman to 1 year of probation and ordered her to pay $90,674 in restitution. According to court records, the woman began receiving Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2003. At that time, she was informed that she was required to report any changes in her household composition, income, or resources. In a 2012 eligibility review, she was reminded of her reporting responsibilities yet did not indicate that her husband was part of her household or that he contributed any income. Read more: https://ow.ly/2mlw50Vm6CT

A recent Office of the Inspector General (OIG) audit report found that Social Security Administration (SSA) employees did not properly process 57 percent of the Manager-to-Manager (M2M) requests randomly sampled. The audit report demonstrates SSA did not have adequate controls to address complex cases, ensure communications regarding critical issues, and prevent premature M2M closings. As a result, SSA has limited assurance that its employees properly processed the majority of the nearly 105,000 M2M requests made between June 2021 and June 2023. This resulted in delays in employees addressing critical issues and potentially thousands of beneficiaries waiting unnecessarily for weeks or months to receive the benefits they were due. Read our press release here: https://ow.ly/MIFS50Vo7sM

A Georgia man has been sentenced for stealing money intended as disability benefits from the Social Security Administration. Read more: https://ow.ly/N21A50VkQHP