Anonymousabout 4 hours ago
The U.S. federal government lost an estimated $162 billion to improper payments in fiscal year 2024, with stolen identity documents selling for as little as $1 on the dark web fueling organized fraud across Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and SNAP. The Trump administration's aggressive anti-fraud offensive — including DOGE's controversial access to Social Security data and a new interagency task force — has produced both high-profile crackdowns and growing alarm over wrongful benefit denials affecting vulnerable Americans.