Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The government has new powers to investigate benefit fraud, identify benefit overpayments and recover debts. The government is ...

You get a text message that says your Social Security cost-of-living increase is ready, but you need to confirm your Medicare number to activate it. The message uses your name. It has a government ...

Multibillion-dollar government benefit fraud cases in Minnesota are making headlines for being so pervasive and brazen. But the Minnesota fraud machine is not an isolated concern. Benefit fraud is a ...

Nine people were charged in separate Massachusetts benefit fraud cases after federal investigators said stolen identities were used to obtain government identification and collect nearly ... Read More ...

Federal prosecutors have charged four Massachusetts residents in a multistate fraud scheme, accusing them of using more than 100 stolen identities to obtain more than $1 million in Supplemental ...

Labour has been accused of “decriminalising” benefit fraud after prosecutions collapsed in the wake of Covid. While prosecutions have plummeted, benefit cheats are increasingly being allowed to cut ...

A Fitchburg man faces charges in connection with an alleged SNAP and pandemic benefits fraud scheme that raked in over $1 million by using the stolen identities of over 100 people. According to U.S.

The Massachusetts state auditor has exposed over $4 million of fraud in government benefit programs during the fourth quarter of 2025. The Bureau of Special Investigation report identified $4.8 ...

Unfazed by the state auditor’s previous uncovering of substantial fraud in public-assistance benefit programs, the fleecing of the state’s taxpayers has continued at a frustratingly furious pace. The ...

The DWP will look at a sample of claims to check for fraud, claimant error and official error across the welfare system during the 2026/27 financial year.