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Abbreviation
SSA
Agencies
Social Security Administration
Federal Agency
Yes
Location

United States

What to Report to the OIG Hotline
If you are a Social Security Administration (SSA) employee, or an employee of an SSA contractor or grantee, and you suspect fraud, waste, abuse, mismanagement in SSA programs or operations, or reprisal against you for reporting wrongdoing, you may report that to the Social Security Fraud Hotline. You may find more whistleblower information at https://oig.ssa.gov/whistleblower-protection. The SSA Office of the Inspector General (OIG) investigates many types of Social Security-related fraud, including • Social Security-related scams • making false statements or facilitating fraud in applying for Social Security benefits • concealing work activity while receiving disability benefits • receiving Social Security benefits for a child not under the recipient’s care • receiving and using a deceased person’s Social Security benefits • concealing a marriage or assets while receiving Supplemental Security Income • residing overseas while receiving Supplemental Security Income • misusing benefits when acting as a representative payee • SSA employee or contract and procurement fraud
What Not to Report to the OIG Hotline
The following matters are generally NOT investigated by the SSA OIG: • 911 emergencies • Medicare or Medicaid fraud (report this to Health and Human Services OIG at https://oig.hhs.gov/fraud/report-fraud/) • Lost or stolen Social Security cards (visit https://www.ssa.gov/ssnumber/) • Identity theft that is not related to Social Security benefits or programs (visit https://www.identitytheft.gov/) • Misuse of Social Security numbers on tax returns (visit IRS’ Identity Protection site at https://www.irs.gov/identity-theft-fraud-scams) • Direct Express® account fraud (contact Direct Express® Customer Service at the number on the back of your card, and report this to the Treasury Office of the Inspector General at https://www.treasury.gov/about/organizational-structure/ig/Pages/OigOnlineHotlineForm.aspx)

Manually Processed Old-Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance Benefit Termination Actions

2023
A-07-21-51043
Audit
Social Security Administration OIG
Social Security Administration

Objective: To determine whether the Social Security Administration accurately processed manual actions related to the termination of benefits for Old-Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance beneficiaries.

Follow-up Review of Self-employment Earnings Removed from the Master Earnings File

2023
A-06-21-51020
Audit
Social Security Administration OIG
Social Security Administration

Objectives: To (1) determine whether the Social Security Administration had taken corrective action in response to the recommendation in our 2015 review of Self-employment Earnings Removed from the Master Earnings File and (2) review instances where SSA removed self-employment earnings from the...

The Social Security Administration’s Determinations of Supplemental Security Income Recipients’ Trusts

2023
A-02-21-51026
Audit
Social Security Administration OIG
Social Security Administration

Objective: To determine whether the Social Security Administration’s eligibility and payment determinations for Supplemental Security Income recipients who owned trusts were accurate.

Processing Non-citizens’ Original Social Security Numbers Electronically Through Enumeration Programs

2023
A-08-22-51136
Audit
Social Security Administration OIG
Social Security Administration

Objective: To determine whether the Social Security Administration’s policies and procedures prevented it from assigning multiple Social Security numbers to non-citizens who applied for original numbers through the Enumeration at Entry and Enumeration Beyond Entry processes.

State Workers’ Compensation and Public Disability Benefits’ Reverse Offset Plans’ Impact on the Disability Insurance Trust Fund

2023
A-02-19-50867
Audit
Social Security Administration OIG
Social Security Administration

Objective: To determine the impact of state workers’ compensation and public disability benefits’ reverse offset on SSA’s Disability Insurance Trust Fund.

Melbourne Man Sentenced To More Than Three Years In Federal Prison For Stealing Social Security Benefits

Melbourne Man Sentenced To More Than Three Years In Federal Prison For Stealing Social Security Benefits
Article Type
Investigative Press Release
Publish Date

Melbourne Man Sentenced To More Than Three Years In Federal Prison For Stealing Social Security Benefits

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