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 ...

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 said Friday that her office found more than $4.8 million in public benefit fraud in the fourth quarter of the 2025 fiscal year, with programs ranging from ...

U.S. Attorney Leah Foley has named her office’s new Fraud Coordinators, who will head the new Benefit and Voter Fraud Team as tens of millions of dollars in SNAP, Medicaid and other public assistance ...

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 ...