Two years after a wave of public benefit thefts that left low-income Californians scrambling to pay rent and afford food each ...

The government now has the power to access suspected benefit fraudsters’ bank accounts and strip them of their driving licences under a new law. The Public Authorities (Fraud, Error, and Recovery) Act ...

A little-used reporting order, normally aimed at money laundering, is now at the center of a sweeping federal response to ...

Preventing fraud is currently a hot topic in Minnesota, and this week Lyon County Commissioners had questions about fraud investigation for Southwest Health and Human Services leaders. SWHHS Director ...

Federal agents have busted an alleged fraud in which SNAP benefits were traded for cash, clothes, appliances at a local store in Cleveland, Ohio. They recovered $100,000 in the process. “Exchanging ...

Federal officials are targeting Democratic-led states over alleged safety-net fraud. Critics worry a drumbeat of unfounded ...

Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) called for stronger regulation on SNAP benefits despite admitting that in her state, less than 1% of those getting benefits “stole” from the program. Mace posted to X Wednesday ...

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Benefit fraud in Northern Ireland has risen from £163m to £233m in recent years, the communities minister has said. Gordon Lyons also revealed that each year government mistakes cost £40m and customer ...

UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE BENEFIT ISSUE. ONE MARYLAND WOMAN AT FIRST DIDN’T THINK THIS WAS REAL. NOW SHE’S WORRIED ABOUT IDENTITY THEFT. I WAS CONFUSED BECAUSE I NEVER APPLIED FOR UNEMPLOYMENT. I WAS ...