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Phone for EBT benefits
Excerpt from a report on welfare fraud (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, August 2014) by the US Government Accountability Office

Welfare fraud is the act of illegally using state welfare systems by knowingly withholding or giving information to have more funds than would otherwise be given. Finding reliable evidence of welfare fraud is notoriously difficult.

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  • Inspektionen för socialförsäkringen

    Logo for the Swedish Social Insurance Inspectorate, which supervises the Swedish social insurance system

  • Social Security Administration Office of Inspector General Seal (USA)

    Seal of the Social Security Administration Office of Inspector General, which investigates welfare fraud

  • Age profile of benefit morale

    Age profile of benefit morale for different birth cohorts. Respondent's mean share of answer "claiming government benefits to which you are not entitled is never justifiable".

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