Social Security's Office of Inspector General (OIG) has filed its Semiannual Report to Congress. Here's a map from the report showing all of the OIG Cooperative Disability Investigation offices:
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OIG obtained 372 criminal convictions or civil actions in the first half of the fiscal year and many of those did not concern disability benefits.
By the way, why is it that these are disability investigation offices? Why don't they do investigations of other types of Social Security wrongdoing?
Why are they called disability investigation units? Because their sole task is to investigate disability fraud allegations. Other portions of OIG handle other parts of SSA.
ReplyDeleteIt's like asking why is a homicide unit called a homicide unit? Shouldn't they be investigating all crimes?
I'd also point out that their purpose isn't just to get criminal convictions. It's to aid in the determination of whether someone is entitled to benefits on the basis of their allegations. That's why you see the 1500+ number as well as an estimated $100 million in program savings and restitution.
They do investigate other things--unreported deaths, identity fraud, etc.
ReplyDeleteThey are so interested in disability fraud, but not the least bit interested in dealing with their own fraud. They have tried everything that they could do to keep from paying plaintiff's in the Steigerwald v. Berryhill class action lawsuit. They are experts at stonewalling.
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