The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announces that Antoinette Vazquez Cobain, 67, of Loveland, Colorado, was sentenced to six months in federal prison followed by three ...

A federal jury in the Southern District of Florida convicted a Pompano Beach woman of stealing more than $152,000 in Social Security retirement benefits intended for her deceased great-aunt over ...

United States Attorney Nicholas W. Chase announced that Linford Atakora, age 29, from the Republic of Ghana, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Daniel L. Hovland to approximately 9 ...

Peggy Jill Hendrick, 58, of Pineville, pleaded guilty today to fraud and misuse of visas, permits, and other documents. Hendrick admitted that she falsified employee eligibility verification forms for ...

A foreign national and convicted felon pleaded guilty to unlawful procurement of naturalization and passport fraud, U.S. Attorney Robert Frazer announced. Miguel Dario Bautista Jimenez, a/k/a “Carlos ...

A man on Thursday admitted conspiring to steal at least 14 properties in St. Louis and St. Louis County by filing fraudulent deeds. James L. Townes Jr., 51, of Berkeley, pleaded guilty in U.S.

The Social Security Administration’s (SSA) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) released an audit report, Follow-up on Disabled Beneficiaries Who Are Eligible for Higher Retirement Insurance Benefits ...

It starts as a scary phone call about a loved one, a debt, or a legal problem — followed by a text with a barcode or QR code with instructions to load them up with money at a big-name retailer. This ...

The Social Security Administration (SSA) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) has released an audit report examining how effectively SSA resolved Supplemental Security Income (SSI) earnings alerts.

These scams usually begin with an unsolicited call, advertisement, letter, text, or social-media message claiming someone can “boost,” “unlock,” or “maximize” a person’s Social Security benefits for ...

Scammers are convincing Social Security beneficiaries that a bank employee is committing fraud and that the only way to protect their money is to transfer it out—with the scammer walking them through ...

If someone tells you you've won a contest and asks you to change your Social Security direct deposit information to claim it, it's a scam — and it can cut off access to your benefit payments and ...