A Barre woman pleaded guilty in federal court in Worcester to stealing over $100,000 in Social Security benefits.

The government is ramping up efforts to drive down benefit fraud after the passing of a law that allows money owed to be taken directly from fraudsters' bank accounts. In December last year, the ...

How Veterans Accidentally Commit Benefits Fraud Without Realizing It Veterans can unintentionally trigger benefit investigations through reporting mistakes, confusing rules, or bad advice from third ...

A Gaithersburg man has been sentenced to more than four years in federal prison after a fraud scam in which he stole the identities of more than 30 people to obtain their SNAP benefits, prosecutors ...

Federal agents have busted an alleged fraud in which SNAP benefits were traded for cash, clothes, appliances at a local store in Cleveland, Ohio. They recovered $100,000 in the process. “Exchanging ...

Buying a stolen identity can cost less than a fast-food meal, enabling criminals to use AI and internet tutorials to file fraudulent benefit claims from anywhere in the world, a former inspector ...

A woman, formerly of Pollington, has been sentenced after admitting to a three-year benefit fraud totalling more than £51,000 ...

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 ...

Massachusetts state Auditor Diana DiZoglio’s office has uncovered another $4.4 million in public benefits fraud, including $2.4 million in SNAP fraud, $1.7 million in MassHealth and Medicaid fraud and ...

The recent announcement by U.S. Attorney Leah B. Foley of a new federal effort to crack down on benefit fraud in Massachusetts deserves recognition. Protecting public resources and maintaining ...

Prosecutors say a Maryland man masterminded a fraud scheme involving over 30 people’s identities for their SNAP benefits.