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That's incorrect.

The DOJ and SSA regularly prosecute social security fraud.

Take a look at the website of the Social Security Administration's Inspector General site and look through the news releases.

https://oig.ssa.gov/

However it's likely not as common as Musk wants you to think.



This shows that there is non zero fraud enforcement.

That's fine, but far from showing a serious focused fully staffed fraud detection operation.

Of course, such an operation may exist, but I haven't seen any evidence.

The top SS fraud case in that list is a couple of idiots who basically reported themselves: https://oig.ssa.gov/news-releases/2025-01-30-husband-wife-se...





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