A Guernsey advocate says a better understanding of law could help reduce the number of people committing accidental benefit fraud. It follows a proposal by the committee for employment and social ...

Over £9 billion in benefits are estimated to have been overpaid over the past year due to fraud and error, a figure one government minister has called "staggering". Official statistics reveal the ...

A wave of digital theft is hitting America’s most vulnerable families where it hurts most — the dinner table. “I wish this wouldn’t have happened to me,” Yolanda Berryhill, a mother to three and SNAP ...

Over 40 million Americans could lose access to federal food assistance Saturday if the government shutdown continues into ...

A single mother who relied on federal food assistance lost her benefits in 2020 after Kentucky investigators concluded she’d committed fraud.The state alleged she had made multiple same-day purchases, ...

BOSTON (WWLP) – Massachusetts State Auditor Diana DiZoglio found $4.8 million in public benefit fraud–just in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2025. In this time period, from April 1st to June 30 of ...

Two-thirds of retirees believe Social Security fraud is a big problem. Here's what's true — and how to protect your benefits from scams.

ROCKFORD (WREX) — Five people have been indicted by a federal grand jury in a scheme involving more than $1 million in federal benefit fraud. The indictment, returned in U.S. District Court in ...

DES MOINES, Iowa — A Des Moines family is out over $900 for food this month after their SNAP benefits were stolen. The funds were all spent on May 6 at several stores in Philadelphia and New York. The ...

The "letter" is personally addressed to the Social Security recipient, which may make it appear more legitimate. It falsely claims social security recipients are under investigation for tax fraud. The ...

Hundreds of families in Northern Ireland had their child benefit payments stopped because they flew through Dublin Airport.