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The federal government has been sending money to dead people \u2014 and it just put a stop to nearly $100 million worth of it.\n<\/p>\n
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The U.S. Treasury Department reviewed hundreds of millions of federal payments and found that roughly $99 million was headed to people who were already deceased. That is a major red flag for fraud, because payments going to dead people often mean someone is gaming the system to pocket money they should not have.\n<\/p>\n
So how did they catch it? The government already had a program called \u201cDo Not Pay\u201d that checks whether someone is actually eligible to receive federal money before it is sent. Last year, after President Trump ordered his administration to crack down on waste and fraud, the Treasury Department expanded that program and added new tools on top of it. One of the biggest helps was getting access to the Social Security Administration\u2019s full list of people who have died \u2014 something the government previously did not have full access to.\n<\/p>\n
The department added that it has used the federal government\u2019s Do Not Pay program \u2014 which verifies a recipient\u2019s identity, eligibility, and banking information before sending out federal payments \u2014 alongside other, newer verification tools.\n<\/p>\n
Last year, after President Donald Trump ordered his administration to cut waste, fraud, and abuse in federal spending, the Treasury Department \u201csignificantly expanded\u201d its use of these verification systems, the agency noted.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cTreasury has delivered on a key promise of @POTUS\u2019 mandate to stop improper payments and fraud before money leaves the Treasury and strengthen the integrity of the federal payment system,\u201d U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent wrote in a Tuesday X post.<\/p>\n
Earlier this year, Trump signed a law giving the Treasury Department permanent access to the Social Security Administration\u2019s full death records. In total, the government expects this effort to save taxpayers $330 million over time. That is real money \u2014 money that belongs to hardworking Americans, not to fraudsters cashing checks in a dead person\u2019s name.\n<\/p>\n
This is the kind of government accountability that should not be controversial. Pray that our leaders would continue to be good stewards of the resources entrusted to them \u2014 and that those who have taken advantage of the system would be held accountable.\n<\/p>\n
(Excerpt from Breitbart. Photo Credit: Official White House Photo by Daniel Torok)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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