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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

New Department for Work and Pensions figures show £9.9bn was overpaid across the benefit system last year, while £1.2bn was underpaid due to official error.