Feds Paid $1 Billion in Social Security Benefits to Individuals Without a SSN
Posted By Elizabeth Harrington On February 22, 2017 @ 5:00 am In Issues | No Comments
The Social Security Administration paid $1 billion in benefits to individuals who did not have a Social Security Number (SSN), according to a new audit.
The agency’s inspector general found errors in the government’s documentation for representative payees, otherwise known as individuals who receive retirement or disability payments on behalf of another person who is incapable of managing the benefits themselves.
The audit released Friday found thousands of cases where there was no SSN on file.
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