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Disability fraud can be harder to detect than other forms of fraud, as the majority of people receiving disability payments (at least 90%) do not use a wheelchair or walker, or uses a wheelchair but is able to walk limited distances sometimes, while at the same time, many people who need wheelchairs would not qualify for disability payments. [2]
The Division confronts significant policy issues, which often rise to constitutional dimensions, in defending and enforcing various Federal programs and actions. In April 2021, President Joe Biden nominated Javier Guzman to lead the division as Assistant Attorney General. [ 1 ]
In 2008, more than 90 percent of Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) retirees were receiving occupational disability payments. [13] A former LIRR pension department manager was arrested and charged with official misconduct for allegedly "taking money to help railroad employees find a doctor and fill out paperwork for federal disability payments". [14]
In 2017, however, he admitted his success was built on fraud because he had included fake medical and mental-health evidence in clients’ claims and paid a Social Security judge more than ...
A former legal secretary in Massachusetts demonstrates for us what not to do: lie about being disabled. Teresa Brooks sued her employer, law firm Peabody & Arnold, saying they fired her because of ...
The Department of Defense Inspector General actively trains DoD IG supervisors, managers, and new employees though the Section 2302(c) Certification Program. Failure to inform federal employees of their whistleblower rights and obligations hurts the DoD, American warfighters, and the federal government as a whole.
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Disability Determination Services, commonly called DDS, are state agencies that are funded by the US federal government. [ 1 ] Their purpose is to make disability findings for the Social Security Administration .