The government is ramping up efforts to drive down benefit fraud after the passing of a law that allows money owed to be taken directly from fraudsters' bank accounts. In December last year, the ...

A Barre woman pleaded guilty in federal court in Worcester to stealing over $100,000 in Social Security benefits.

U.S. Attorney Leah Foley has named her office’s new Fraud Coordinators, who will head the new Benefit and Voter Fraud Team as tens of millions of dollars in SNAP, Medicaid and other public assistance ...

Unfazed by the state auditor’s previous uncovering of substantial fraud in public-assistance benefit programs, the fleecing of the state’s taxpayers has continued at a frustratingly furious pace. The ...

Buying a stolen identity can cost less than a fast-food meal, enabling criminals to use AI and internet tutorials to file fraudulent benefit claims from anywhere in the world, a former inspector ...

Leah B. Foley, the top federal prosecutor in Massachusetts, announced Thursday, March 26, that she has tapped two seasoned prosecutors, including the deputy chief of her major crimes unit, to lead a ...

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has published new figures ...

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has released new data revealing that billions of pounds were incorrectly distributed across the benefits system last year ...