{"id":64759,"date":"2026-07-22T18:18:29","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T22:18:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=64759"},"modified":"2026-07-22T18:18:29","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T22:18:29","slug":"stopping-fraud-before-it-happens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=64759","title":{"rendered":"Stopping Fraud Before It Happens"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Tuesday, The New York Post<\/a> posted an article about a government-wide payment verification process implemented last year.<\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

The Treasury Department has blocked nearly $100 million in taxpayer money from going to dead people<\/a> since implementing a government-wide payment verification process last year, The Post has learned.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

The department\u2019s Bureau of the Fiscal Service discovered the money set to go to ghosts<\/a> after a review of an eye-popping 885 million payments worth a total of nearly $2.7 trillion.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Since March 2025, the screening has identified more than 4,900 disbursements, worth approximately $99 million, associated with deceased payees, according to the Treasury.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

The $99 million figure is a tiny fraction (0.0036%) of the $2.7 trillion the department reviewed as part of the Trump administration\u2019s crackdown on waste, fraud and abuse \u2014 but more than triple<\/a> what Treasury discovered going to the deceased in the days before President Trump took office last year. \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cTreasury has delivered on a key promise of President Trump\u2019s mandate to stop improper payments and fraud before money leaves the Treasury, and strengthen the integrity of the federal payment system,\u201d Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent<\/a> said in a statement.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

The article concludes:<\/p>\n

In February, Trump signed the Ending Improper Payments to Deceased People Act into law, which allowed Treasury permanent access to the death file.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The department has projected a gain of $330 million in net benefits through the reduction in improper payments to dead people.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I am thrilled that the payments to dead people are being stopped, but is there any effort made to prosecute the people who spent the money?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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