First, the question about filing a late return. A reader wanted to confirm that there are no penalties for filing a late ...

Spurred by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, the Social Security Administration is combing through its ...

Mavious Redmond of Austin, Minnesota, has pleaded guilty to theft of government funds after more than 25 years of ...

Claims of widespread fraud in Social Security were misleading, with fraud representing just 0.00625% of the annual budget, ...

AARP’s Fraud Watch Network helps teach older adults how to spot scams. We organize events and education, with hundreds of ...

Last year, the FBI unraveled one of the largest digital fraud cases in U.S. history, in which cyber criminals from around the ...

However, it may take a year or more to issue payments for some cases that cannot be processed ... of Government Efficiency ...

The CyberGuy advises how to protect yourself against SIM swapping, a form of identity theft by which a scammer tricks a ...

Guatemalan Julio Cucul-Bol is indicted for possessing counterfeit documents and making a false statement in Illinois.

A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed most of the claims brought against Tom Brady, Shohei Ohtani, Steph Curry, Gisele ...

The SSA's plan to withhold full monthly checks from beneficiaries to recoup overpayments has triggered alarm among senior advocates.

On Wednesday, May 7, 2025, a woman in Lumberton, N.C. pleaded guilty to bank fraud and misuse of social security numbers.