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Representative payees are required by law to use the benefits in the beneficiary’s best interest. If a payee misuses benefits, they must repay the misused funds. A payee who’s convicted of ...
A representative payee, or substitute payee, is a person who acts as the receiver of United States Social Security Disability or Supplemental Security Income for a person who is not fully capable of managing their own benefits, i.e. cannot be their own payee. The representative payee is expected to assist the person with money management, along ...
A payee can be very helpful in the instance of homeless individuals who need assistance paying down debts (like utility bills) and saving for housing. About 10 percent of disabled worker beneficiaries have representative payees and about 5 percent of disabled widow(er)s have representative payees.
In 2006, a Massachusetts man was convicted of receiving more than $55,000 in disability payments while continuing to work at his bar. [5] Antonios Sarantos, then 43, of Plymouth, Massachusetts, purchased and opened the T.J. Gupeez bar in Taunton, then purportedly injured his back working at the prison, several weeks later.
If you believe someone you know might need a representative payee, call Social Security’s national customer service line at 800-772-1213 or contact your local office and make an appointment ...
The Social Security Administration (SSA) estimates that more than 8 million people who get monthly Social Security or Supplemental Security Income (SSI) payments need help managing their money.
I don’t work for Social Security,” she said. ... official payee before his death. “Congress passed a law that permits us to collect SSI overpayments by withholding from the representative ...
She introduced Miller to Ricardo Ordorica, who the following November became the representative payee for Miller's social security benefits. Just weeks after her arrival, Miller disappeared, and on November 20, 1987, Puente hired a carpet cleaner to remove a large "pile of foul smelling slime" in Miller's room.