Veterans can unintentionally trigger benefit investigations through reporting mistakes, confusing rules, or bad advice from ...

Military veterans are swamping the U.S. government with dubious disability claims — including cases of brazen fraud totaling tens of millions of dollars — that are exploiting the country’s sacred ...

WASHINGTON (AP) – Social Security made $1.3 billion in potentially improper disability payments to people who had jobs when they were supposed to be unable to work, congressional investigators said in ...

A Kent man faces criminal charges for fraudulently collecting thousands in disability benefits while continuing to race his BMX bike, and posting pictures of his exploits on Facebook. The Department ...

Veterans’ advocates, a top government watchdog and senators in both parties on Wednesday denounced a Washington Post investigation that revealed exaggeration and fraud in the government’s $193 billion ...

A Maine man accused of stealing more than $244,000 in disability benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs faked his drowning death after authorities confronted him about the fraud, according ...

Paula Wethington is a digital producer at CBS Detroit. She previously held digital content roles at NEWSnet, Gannett/USA Today network and The Monroe News in Michigan. She is a graduate of the ...

A Washington Post exposé on veterans faking disabilities has raised concerns about the Department of Veterans Affairs’ $193-billion disability benefits program — and how much fraud is costing ...

LOS ANGELES — A California Department of Insurance-led investigation with assistance from the California Department of Justice has resulted in the arraignment of 12 suspects today on over 110 felony ...

Bob Kiehn is hired by insurance companies to track down shameless con artists. — -- Workers’ compensation programs are meant to help those who are severely disabled, but some attempt to game the ...

Sep. 25—RALEIGH — A newly-formed investigative unit created to combat disability fraud will include two North Carolina state agencies along with two partner agencies from the federal government. The N ...

A Maine man charged with making false statements to the government has been located in Missouri following his disappearance, officials said. Getty Images/iStockphoto A Maine man accused of stealing ...