The U.S. Department of Justice tells CBS News it will speed up review of certain whistleblower complaints dealing with fraud ...

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 ...

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 ...

Vincent McGee claimed incapacity benefit while working in places including a restaurant and a shop.

The Department of Justice (DOJ) just issued a new memorandum that may reshape how the government handles False Claims Act (FCA) cases ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Federal agencies say they are stepping up investigations into SNAP benefits theft as part a task force to eliminate fraud.

DWP has a penalties policy on its website which sets out the Labour Party government's policy for the action it will take ...