The Social Security Administration (SSA) paid more than $1.7 million in benefits to dozens of dead federal government employees, according to an audit report released by the Office of Inspector General.
The Washington Free Beacon reported that the SSA failed to cross-check its death records with the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), the agency charged with management of federal government employees. Thirty-five deceased employees were paid an average of $49,156 in Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance (OASDI) over the course of an average of 84 months. – READ MORE
