A month after instituting a controversial anti-fraud policy that sparked widespread concern among senior citizens, the Social ...

The change follows reporting by Nextgov/FCW about the policy and its contributions to a slowdown in retirement claims ...

After months of baseless claims about “extreme levels of fraud” within the Social Security Administration—even going so far ...

A probe into Social Security phone fraud found only 2 likely fraud cases out of 110,000 calls, contradicting earlier claims.

SSA’s fraud-prevention phone policy, backed by DOGE and Elon Musk’s team, caused major delays and few results, drawing ...

Social Security scams are certainly not new, so receiving an unexpected email about your account can seem suspicious.

A Musk-backed fraud policy at SSA caused chaos and delays with little fraud prevention success. Here's what went wrong.

The agency is abandoning an initiative aimed at preventing fraud, the latest example of a failed effort by Elon Musk’s ...

An internal document reveals that the Trump administration’s crackdown on supposed fraud in Social Security phone claims has identified just two questionable cases out of more than 110,000—prompting ...

Elon Musk and his engineers claim 'insane' amounts of fraud in Social Security, but the real figures don’t back it up.

Less than two weeks later, Social Security announced that the anti-fraud policy would only apply to those filing for retirement, survivors or family benefits over the phone, and its rollout would ...

The phone fraud data at the Social Security Administration (SSA ... of account changes or claims via phone. However, this policy was quickly abandoned due to negative backlash from beneficiaries.