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U.S. Senate Unanimously Passes Resolution in Support of Slam the Scam Day

Social Security Administration, Office of the Inspector General
March 07, 2025

Nigerian Citizen Admits Guilt in Bank Fraud and Money Laundering Conspiracies Causing More Than $1.7 Million in Losses

U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of New York
March 05, 2025

Nigerian National Pleads Guilty to Role in $8 Million Federal Emergency Benefits Fraud Scheme

U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Maryland
March 04, 2025

Scranton Man Sentenced To 41 Months’ Imprisonment For Wire Fraud

U.S. Attorney's Office, Middle District of Pennsylvania
March 03, 2025

Former Social Security Administration Employee Pleads Guilty to Attempting to Induce a Social Security Beneficiary for Prostitution

U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Massachusetts
February 28, 2025

U.S. Attorney’s Office, FBI, and SSA OIG Charge Decades-Long Fugitive with Fraud Charges

U.S. Attorney's Office, District of New Mexico
February 26, 2025

Social Security Employee Heads to Prison for Creating Fake Children’s Profiles to Steal Public Funds

U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Texas
February 26, 2025

Kokomo Woman Ordered by Federal Court to Repay over $200,000 in Stolen Retirement Benefits from Deceased Husband’s Account

U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Indiana
February 26, 2025

Hartford Man Admits Fraudulently Collecting Social Security, Unemployment, and Food Stamp Benefits

U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Connecticut
February 24, 2025

Thibodaux Man Sentenced for Social Security Theft

U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Louisiana
February 19, 2025

Daytona Beach Man Sentenced To Prison For Theft Of Government Money And Aggravated Identity Theft

U.S. Attorney's Office, Middle District of Florida
February 18, 2025

Two East Bay Residents, One Of Whom Was A Bank Teller, Indicted On Charges Of Cashing Stolen U.S. Treasury Checks

U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of California
February 13, 2025

Colombian Woman Charged with Identity Theft Offenses and Stealing Federal Benefits

U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Massachusetts
February 13, 2025

Brazilian National Pleads Guilty to Perjury

U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Massachusetts
February 13, 2025

Scammers Won’t Let Up. Neither Will We!

Social Security Administration, Office of the Inspector General
February 13, 2025

Miske Enterprise Member Sentenced to 20 Years in Federal Prison for Racketeering Conspiracy

U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Hawaii
February 11, 2025

Binghamton Woman is Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison for Stealing a Child’s Social Security Benefits

U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of New York
February 10, 2025

Grove Man Sentenced After Stealing Identity of Deceased Friend

U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Oklahoma
January 31, 2025

Delaware County Man Indicted on Social Security Fraud Charges

U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of New York
January 29, 2025

Husband & Wife Sentenced for Theft of Deceased Father’s Social Security Benefits

U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Kansas
January 28, 2025

Former Professional Basketball Player Sentenced for Pandemic Loan Fraud

U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Missouri
January 27, 2025

St. Louis Woman Sentenced for Stealing Dead Grandmother’s Government Benefits

U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Missouri
January 21, 2025

New Bedford Man Sentenced to Prison for Stealing Over $450,000 in Veterans Disability Benefits

U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Massachusetts
January 17, 2025

Vicksburg Man Sentenced to 32 Years in Federal Prison for Health Care Fraud, Money Laundering, Identity Theft, and Contempt of Court

U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Mississippi
January 16, 2025

Lawrence Man Pleads Guilty to COVID Relief Fraud and Social Security Fraud

U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Massachusetts
January 16, 2025

Berkeley County Man Sentenced for Elder Financial Abuse

U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of West Virginia
January 14, 2025

Army Veteran Sentenced to Federal Prison For Over Three-Quarter Million Dollar Benefit Fraud

U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Florida
January 13, 2025

Pulaski Woman Convicted of Bank Fraud and Social Security Fraud

U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of New York
January 10, 2025

Two Men Convicted Of Unlawfully Video Recording Inside Social Security Offices

U.S. Attorney's Office, Middle District of Florida
January 06, 2025

Virginia Woman Pleads Guilty to Bank Fraud Conspiracy

U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of New York
January 03, 2025

Gainesville Man Sentenced To Federal Prison For Stealing Social Security Disability Benefits

U.S. Attorney's Office, Middle District of Florida
December 20, 2024

Schenectady Woman Indicted on Social Security Fraud Charges

U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of New York
December 18, 2024

25th Patient of Missouri Chiropractic Office that Aided Disability Fraud Sentenced

U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Missouri
December 18, 2024

Utah Man Sentenced to Prison After Fraudulently Collecting Over Half a Million Dollars in Disability Benefits

U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Utah
December 17, 2024

Westwego Woman Sentenced For Theft of Government Funds

U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Louisiana
December 11, 2024

Raleigh Woman Sentenced to 15 Months for Social Security Fraud

U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of North Carolina
December 10, 2024

Lawrence Man Charged with COVID Relief and Social Security Fraud

U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Massachusetts
December 09, 2024

Pittsburgh Resident Sentenced and Ordered to Pay Restitution for Social Security Fraud

U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Pennsylvania
December 06, 2024

Former Law Enforcement Officer Sentenced to Seven Years in Federal Prison for Multimillion Dollar Scheme to Defraud COVID-19 Pandemic Relief Program

U.S. Attorney's Office, Middle District of Louisiana
December 06, 2024

Former Social Security Administration Employee Admits to Role in Transnational “Grandparent Scam” Operated from Dominican Republic

U.S. Attorney's Office, District of New Jersey
December 04, 2024

Former Regions Bank Manager Sentenced to 30 Months for Embezzlement and Bank Fraud Scheme

U.S. Attorney's Office, Middle District of Louisiana
December 04, 2024

Vermont Woman Sentenced for Stealing Social Security Benefits

U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Vermont
December 02, 2024

Union County Man Admits COVID-19 Relief Program Fraud

U.S. Attorney's Office, District of New Jersey
November 26, 2024

Somerset County Man Admits Stealing more than $600,000 in Federal Benefits Meant for His Deceased Father

U.S. Attorney's Office, District of New Jersey
November 26, 2024

Delaware County Man Pleads Guilty to Migrant Smuggling Conspiracy

U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Pennsylvania
November 26, 2024

COVID Relief Loan Fraud Lands Oklahoma City Woman in Federal Prison for Two Years

U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Oklahoma
November 26, 2024

Ringleader Imprisoned for Almost 16 Years After Laundering Millions in Indian Call Center Scam Money

U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Texas
November 25, 2024

Punxsutawney Woman Pleads Guilty to Social Security Fraud

U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Pennsylvania
November 25, 2024

Berwick Woman Sentenced, Ordered to Repay $118,251 for Defrauding Social Security Administration

U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Maine
November 21, 2024
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