Fraud Alerts
Fraud Prevention Alert: Some Individuals Used Potentially Stolen or Invalid SSNs to Receive $79 Billion in Federal Funds.
June 4, 2025
We analyzed applications across major pandemic relief programs and estimate these programs disbursed approximately $79 billion to applicants who used over 1.4 million potentially stolen or invalid Social Security numbers (SSNs).
Fraud Prevention Alert: Some Recipients May Have Misrepresented Their Incomes When Applying for Federal Assistance.
May 6, 2025
Our analysis highlights a fraud scheme in which recipients may have misrepresented their incomes when they applied for benefits from multiple federal assistance programs.
Fraud Alert Follow-Up: Loans Were Potentially Obtained Using Deceased People’s SSNs.
May 11, 2023
In this fraud alert follow-up, we found $38 million in potentially improper or fraudulent loans obtained using deceased people’s SSNs. The results revealed potential benefits for agencies to continue to use the Department of the Treasury’s Do Not Pay system to strengthen program integrity.
Fraud Alert: Some Applicants Used Potentially Stolen or Invalid SSNs to Receive Federal Funds.
January 30, 2023
We identified 69,000 questionable SSNs used to obtain $5.4 billion in pandemic loans from the Small Business Administration’s Paycheck Protection Program and COVID-19 Economic Injury Disaster Loan program.