Mike Lavigne, an investigator for the Wabasha County Sheriff’s Department, has an arguably unenviable job: hunting down welfare fraud in five ... he shows you his badge,” she said.

(The Center Square) – In a new investigation, a federal committee tasked with tracking COVID-19 assistance fraud found tens of thousands of dishonest or erroneous Paycheck Protection Program ...

PRAC said the inconsistencies could be due to fraud, identity theft, data entry errors, or data timing issues. One confirmed example of fraud involved an applicant who received a $20,833 PPP loan ...

A Democratic lawmaker in California is pushing legislation that would decriminalize most welfare fraud. State Senator Lola Smallwood-Cuevas recently introduced SB 560, a bill that would eliminate ...

(The Center Square) - California legislators are seeking to raise the felony threshold for welfare fraud from $950 to $25,000, which one lawmaker says would effectively “legalize welfare fraud.” ...

In Los Angeles County alone, investigators review 15,000 to 20,000 welfare fraud referrals annually, identifying fraud in about 5,000 to 8,000 cases. Of those, approximately 200 cases are referred ...

A bill that would decriminalize welfare fraud under $25,000 ... In Los Angeles County, field investigators handle 15,000 to 20,000 fraud cases or referrals, according to the Department of Public ...

A Montgomery County man was arrested following an investigation into welfare fraud. Jakeb Mosher, 29, of St. Johnsville, was arrested Wednesday following a joint investigation by the Montgomery ...

Montgomery County, NY (WRGB) — An Amsterdam woman was arrested and charged in connection with welfare fraud following a Montgomery County Sheriff's Office investigation. Michelle Martinez ...

A powerful storm system reached San Diego County overnight, bringing even more rain, wind, snow and a higher potential for ...

In a news release, the county claims this update makes welfare money “much less accessible to thieves and more difficult to steal ...” But fraud investigators who work inside California’s ...

Social welfare inspectors uncovered more than ... a “high threshold” for categorising cases as suspected fraud, yet last year investigators still found credible grounds for believing 6,000 ...