Social Security fraud crimes include a variety of acts that cause an individual to receive money to which they are not entitled.
This may include filing a false claim based on medical evidence that is falsified or exaggerated, continuing to receive payments even though you have become well enough to work, and failing to notify the Social Security Administration of the death of a relative in order to receive and fraudulently cash their checks.
The Social Security Act establishes these activities as crimes, and the Social Security Administration has great leeway in how it handles cases of what it describes as “deceased payee fraud.”
Its Office of the Inspector General, and US Federal Courts, are tasked with investigating and prosecuting fraud, with the possibility of prison terms for up to five years per instance, plus restitution that may run as high as twice the amount of money misappropriated from the fund.
Social Security Fraud requires a defense team that knows federal law and procedure.
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