Thursday, April 2, 2009

Fighting Govt Benefits Fraud.

Govt Benefits Fraud
A guy you know has been cashing his wife's Social Security checks for the past five years even though she died three years ago.

CONTACT:
General Accounting Office
Fraud Hotline
600 East Street, NW, Room 100Washington, DC, 20548
202- 272-5557
1-800-424-5454

HELP:
Information, investigation, and legal advice.

If you wish, your call will be kept anonymous. Here is a list of benefit programs with first hotline that handle complaints.
Food Stamps- 1-800-424-9121
Housing Subcidies (HUD)- 1-800-347-3735
Medicare & Medicaid- 1-800- 368-5779
Social Security benefits- 1-800- 368-5779
Unemployment Compensations- 1-800- 347-3756

Federal Inspector General's Whistleblower Hotlines to stop fruad, waste, or mismanagement:

US Department of Health and Human Services
OIG Hotrline, PO BOX 17303 Baltimore, MD 21203-7303
1-800- 368-5779

US Department of Housing and Urban Development
OIG, 451 7th st, SW, Wasgington, DC, 20410, 1-800- 347-3735

General Accounting Office
GAO, 600 East Street, NW, Ste. 1000, Washington, DC 202-272-5557
1-800-424-5454

General Services Administration
Hotline Officer, GSA/OIG (JI) Washington, DC 20405 202-501-1780, 1-800-424-5210