Social Security Commissioner Frank Bisignano is under fire from Democratic lawmakers for recent reforms at the Social ...

The Social Security Administration (SSA) has become the center of a national debate over the future of one of America's most ...

Since SSA installed new anti-fraud checks on claims made over the phone, only two claims out of over 110,000 were found to likely be fraudulent, according to internal documents obtained by Nextgov ...

SSA’s watchdog did recommend that the agency improve its security controls for direct deposit changes in 2012, but big picture, direct deposit fraud represents a fraction of a percent of the ...

The Social Security Administration (SSA) is revamping its fraud detection system for over-the-phone claims. In a post on the federal administration’s official X account Tuesday evening, the ...

All Social Security claims made over the telephone will be subject to an anti-fraud check moving forward, the agency confirmed on April 14. The implementation of the security measure comes weeks ...

The Social Security Administration (SSA) reiterated its plans to walk back proposed cuts to its phone services, saying it would be implementing an “anti-fraud check.” “Beginning on April 14 ...

The Social Security Administration (SSA) on April 12 announced the implementation of enhanced fraud prevention tools for claims filed over the telephone, further modernizing the agency’s ...

The Social Security Administration (SSA) said it would no longer hold retirement benefit applications for three days to check for fraud, a process it implemented only a month ago.

The Social Security Administration on Monday began using its newly enhanced “fraud prevention tools” for claims filed over the phone. This comes after the agency caused widespread confusion over the ...

Social Security fraud can involve people lying to the federal government on their application forms, or taking checks from an elderly family member who isn't capable of managing their own money.