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Welfare Fraud

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GAO Says US Made $186 Billion in Improper Payments in FY2025

Pandemic-era program growth outpaced controls, exposing large oversight gaps with most GAO reforms unimplemented.

Minneapolis Grocer Charged With $1.14 Million SNAP EBT Fraud

Record 2025 Social-Fraud Detections Reported by France’s Welfare and Health Insurers

DWP Toughens Benefit-Fraud Sanctions With Longer Loss-of-Benefit Bans

Massachusetts Prosecutors Charge Nine in Benefits ID‑Theft Schemes, Launch Fraud Team

Walz, Ellison Grilled in Congress After Report Alleging Years of Inaction on Minnesota Fraud

Indiana House Passes Welfare Overhaul Targeting Fraud

Rajasthan Police Expose DBT Diversion Network With 51 Arrests, Crores Traced in PM-Kisan, Pensions and DMIS

DWP Powers to Check Claimants’ Bank Accounts Enter Final Consultation Stage

DWP Begins Rollout of New Anti-Fraud Powers Including Bank Checks and Direct Deductions

Walz, Ellison to Testify March 4 in House Probe of Minnesota Social Services Fraud

19 Held as Guardia Civil Dismantles Pet-Ad Fraud Ring in Bizkaia

Prosecutors Say $9 Billion Stolen in Minnesota Social Program Schemes

HMRC to Face MPs After Travel-Data Checks Wrongly Halted Child Benefit for About 15,000

DWP to Begin Direct Bank Withdrawals and Data Checks in 2026 Under New Law

Hesse Raids Target Welfare Fraud: 29 Warrants Executed, €850,000 Seized in LKA-Led Sweep

Frankfurt Raids Target Four in Expanding Probe of Clan-Like Financial Crimes

Anti-Fraud Law Clears Royal Assent, Expanding DWP Bank-Data Powers

Germany’s Top Social Court Upholds €42,155 Reclaim Over Undeclared Russian Pension

DWP Sets Out New Fraud Powers: Bank Checks, Family Information Notices and Direct Deductions