- Trade Minister Howard Lootnick said complaints related to the examination of lost benefits indicate fraud.
- A federal judge has banned Dog’s access to personal social security records amid fraud claims.
- More than 7 million Americans receive 90 % of their social security income, based on SSA data.
As employees of the Social Security Administration drop, he leaves the monthly benefits of benefits to tens of millions of Americans in the air – the former SSA leaders on both sides of the corridor – Howard Lootnick, Minister of Commerce, do not think that you should complain if your check does not appear.
“Let’s say that social security did not send their checks this month-I was not my 94-year-old mother-in-law, you will not contact her and complain. It was not.” “She thought something had spoiled, and you would get it next month.”
Lutnick was answering a question from Palihapitiya about whether the actions of “local terrorism” – which are supposed to indicate the recent cases of sabotage on cars and talla – is an attempt to intimidate people trying to find “waste and fraud” in the government.
He added: “The fraud always performs the highest sound, screaming, screaming, and complaining.” “Anyone who was in the payment and operations system, which knows the easiest way to find a fraudster is to stop payments and listen because whoever screams is theft.”
Lutnick’s comments come while Dog leads a batch to reduce government spending by cutting federal workers. The CEO of Tesla El Musk, the face of Dog, says there is “huge fraud” in the social security payment system and that it is the “Ponzi plan”.
SSA said On February 28 It aims to shoot about 7,000 workers and restructuring its organization “in line with modern executive orders issued by the White House.”
according to Court documents The Trump administration in the local court of the state of Maryland has presented the Doug team of 10 people in SSA to search for alleged fraud. Seven reading members were granted only to the agency databases that contain sensitive personal information. On Thursday, a federal judge was banned From reaching social security records and they said they could not “spend the law.”
“The Duji team is mainly involved in a SSA fishing trip, in search of a fraud, based on more than just suspicion,” wrote Ellen Hollande, the American boycott judge.
According to Fact paper It was published by SSA, approximately 69 million Americans will receive a social security feature in 2025, with a total of about $ 1.6 trillion of the benefits paid during the year. More than 7 million Americans receive 65 years and over 90 percent of their social security income, based on SSA data.
Li Dodik, SSA Commissioner at SSA, said on Tuesday during a press conference that about $ 100 million was lost every year in direct deposits fraud, which will make up about 0.00625 % of the total amount paid every year.
The Ministry of Commerce, SSA, and Chamath Palihapitiya immediately did not respond to the suspension requests.
