Is There a Social Security Fraud Problem?

The left wants you to believe that Musk is blowing smoke.  I do not think the possibility of widespread fraud is absurd. 

Some years ago (1990s?) I read a newspaper account of a woman in Sacramento who ran a boarding house for seniors.   When they died,  instead of notifying the local authorities and Social Security,  she buried them in the yard and continued cashing their checks.   Today, the money is paid by direct deposit not paper checks but I don't believe a clever fraudster would let that get in the way. 

This 4/14/25 DoJ release tells of a recent one fraud:

"According to court documents, Mavious Redmond, 54, devised and carried out a scheme to collect her deceased mother’s social security retirement benefits following her mother’s death in January 1999.  On multiple occasions, Redmond impersonated her deceased mother to keep her fraud scheme going.  For example, on June 4, 2024, Redmond personally visited the SSA office, posing as her deceased mother, and submitted a fraudulent SS-5 Application for Social Security Form using her mother’s name, date of birth, social security number, and forging her deceased mother’s signature.  Redmond visited the SSA office a second time on June 20, 2024, resubmitted her deceased mother’s documentation and the form with the forged signature.

"In total, from January 1999 through June 2024, Redmond collected more than $360,000 in social security payments intended for her mother."