Social Security Will Require Identity Checks in Fraud Crackdown
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The Social Security Administration will add new procedures requiring beneficiaries to prove their identity before claiming benefits or changing their direct deposit instructions, as part of an effort to crack down on fraud.
The changes, which will go into effect next month, come as billionaire Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency seeks to root out waste and fraud across federal agencies. President Donald Trump has repeatedly cited debunked statistics that there are millions of Social Security recipients more than 100-years-old, suggesting rampant fraud in the pension system.