Social Security and Pension Scams

In a major breakthrough in the ₹43.13 crore treasury scam, police have arrested 11 pensioners and four middlemen linked to a large-scale financial fraud involving fake pension payments, officials confirmed …

PASSAIC COUNTY, NJ — A West Milford woman has pleaded guilty to defrauding the Social Security Administration (SSA) of more than $144,000 in survivor benefits meant for her deceased mother, …

Mark Alan Barnes, 44, of Candler, North Carolina, has been sentenced to 16 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for committing Social Security benefits fraud. The …

WICHITA, Kan. — Two men were arrested on September 17, 2025, in connection with a social security scam that defrauded an 84-year-old Sedgwick County woman of more than $255,000. The …

Odisha’s anti-corruption agency has arrested two senior panchayat officials for allegedly siphoning off government funds meant to support elderly and widowed beneficiaries. The accused, Tuna Pradhan, Panchayat Executive Officer (PEO), …

Ricardo Santiago, a 59-year-old Hartford resident and the man at the center of a recent Amber Alert, is scheduled to be sentenced this week for a long-running fraud scheme in …

Vernon Hills, IL – A man has been arrested in connection with an elaborate scam that cost a Vernon Hills senior citizen $27,000, police announced. The victim reported the scam …

Tom Lee and Freddy Young have been jailed for scamming a pensioner out of £37,000 in a fraudulent roofing job that experts say was only worth £3,000. The pair of …

AIKEN, S.C. — A federal jury convicted Cynthia Delores Holland, 61, former Aiken County Director of Voter Registration and Elections, of theft of government property after she fraudulently obtained Social …

WOLCOTT, NY – The Wayne County Sheriff’s Office has arrested 28-year-old Bianca Mumford following an investigation into welfare fraud. Deputies allege Mumford failed to report her employment status while receiving …