Florida man accused of benefiting over $225K off dead mom

Don’t knock the hustle

Not his fault the govt is too incompetent to stop the deposits after her death.

Social Security Administration paying benefits to 6.5 million people 112 years old or older:

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A recent watchdog review found that at least 6.5 million active Social Security numbers belong to people who are at least 112 years old and likely deceased. Only 35 living individuals worldwide had reached that age as of October 2013, according to the Gerontology Research Group.

The Social Security Administration’s inspector general said in a report on Monday that the questionable identification numbers put the government at risk of fraud and waste.

The review found that one individual opened bank accounts using Social Security numbers for individuals born in 1869 and 1893.

The official database of active Social Security numbers showed that both beneficiaries were alive, meaning they would be older than 145 and 121 years, respectively.

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2015 Washington Post Article

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Florida man accused of benefiting over $225K off dead mom

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Social Security and Medicare are pretty serious about fraud. My wife is subject to yearly audit for the funds her 93 yo father gets. He lives in another state in a home and has Alzheimer's. They were almost willing to cuff my wife for even trying to handle and administer his monthly check. But she got it all straightened out after some nasty (from them) back and forth. The government does not have to be nice.