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Thursday, February 23, 2017

Feds Paid $1 Billion in Social Security Benefits to Individuals Without a SSN

The Social Security Administration paid $1 billion in benefits to individuals who did not have a Social Security Number (SSN), according to a new audit.

The agency’s inspector general found errors in the government’s documentation for representative payees, otherwise known as individuals who receive retirement or disability payments on behalf of another person who is incapable of managing the benefits themselves.

The audit released Friday found thousands of cases where there was no SSN on file.

Over the last decade, the agency paid $1 billion to 22,426 representative payees who "did not have an SSN, and SSA had not followed its policy to retain the paper application."

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5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Just a part of more government corruption. Either corruption within or no proper management. This is why we need to drain the swamp.

Anonymous said...

If people are working without Social Security numbers, then why isn't the government checking into those people and their citizenship? Seems pretty dodgy junk statistics to try to push why we should continue to harbor criminals. Sorry, doesn't wash. Deport!

Anonymous said...

Make the Damn Govt put Back every Damn red cent of it

It is NOT their $$$ it is OUR money !!!!!!!!

Anonymous said...

That is our money and it was stolen. They need to identify where our money went and get it back.

Anonymous said...

Make the Gov pay Back Any and ALL the $$$$ they Stole from
US , taking it from our Social Security....Not their $$$ !!

They have many times in the past taken from it, as if it were
theirs for the taking, and have Never put it Back !!!