Some Social Security Administration employees supported by the American Federation of government employees are upset because the administration is closing field offices nation wide. The agency says that the field office closures are necessitated by the move to online administration, but some experts supported by the American Federation of government employees are taking exception to that characterization. A new poll from Public Policy Polling, a Democrat polling outfit says that a majority of voters want field offices to remain open.
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A law firm acting on behalf of gay couples has sued the Social Security Administration for withholding spousal benefits in states that do not recognize same-sex marriages. Lambda Legal says that although the federal government banned such discrimination, Social Security allows it in the states. They say that the Supreme Court struck down the practice last year.
Federal agents in New England have said they have recovered as much as $2.3 in million restitution from social security fraudsters in dozens of cases in Connecticut alone as the Boston office cracked down. As a part of the program, agents often receive anonymous tips, then follow up. Recently they caught a war hero, who had received the Navy Cross, who was collecting Social Security disability despite working full time. 68 year old Navy vet Joseph Luca admitted wrong-doing. Luca was sentenced in federal court after pleading guilty to federal theft and tax fraud. He was given four years of probation for each count with the first six months home confinement to run concurrently.
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