
The number of babies born in the U.S. and named Muhammad or some variant has been on the rise for the past several decades, according to a Center for Immigration Studies analysis of Social Security Administration name data.
by Caroline May6 Jan 2016, 11:16 AM PST0

In an report released this week, the SSA’s Office of the Inspector General looked at a sample of 1,532 disability beneficiaries’ — on Disability Insurance (DI) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) — pay status from October 2003 to February 2014 and found overpayments for 44.5 percent of their sample.
by Caroline May5 Jun 2015, 12:17 PM PST0

The Social Security Administration paid out $20.2 million in benefits to individuals suspected or known to have participated in Nazi persecution during World War II, according to a review from the Social Security Administration’s Office of the Inspector General.
by Caroline May2 Jun 2015, 12:43 PM PST0

“It’s unacceptable that the federal government spends hundreds of millions of dollars each year in improper payments to deceased people,” Rep. Cheri Bustos (D-IL) says.
by Alex Swoyer24 Apr 2015, 12:48 PM PST0

A recent SSA Inspector General audit estimates that the agency has paid out some $17.1 million in benefits to at least 740 dead people. In one case, a Connecticut man has been convicted of defrauding the program for a quarter century.
by Caroline May30 Mar 2015, 1:00 PM PST0

An audit conducted by the Social Security Administration’s (SSA) inspector general finds that thousands of social security numbers of people who are long deceased were used by illegal immigrants to apply for work, and some numbers were also used to open bank accounts.
by Dr. Susan Berry9 Mar 2015, 8:21 PM PST0