Government always does such a bang up job at everything it touches. Stories like this make me so happy that the Feds are taking over our health care insurance and are moving to get control of the internet. Things are sure to get much, much better. Btw, I've seen this story on 3 different sites so I felt I should add it.

"The Social Security Administration (SSA) has 6.5 million Social Security Numbers for 112 year olds on file, allowing for “thousands of instances of potential identity theft” or fraud, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) warns.

Even though there are only roughly 35 people aged 112 years or older living worldwide, the SSA has millions of active SSNs for supercentenarians on its Numident, which can be used by others to receive benefits.

“In September 2013, a New York resident, believed to be the world’s oldest living man, died at age 112,” the OIG said in a report released last week. “According to the Gerontology Research Group, as of October 2013, only 35 known living individuals worldwide had reached age 112.”

“We matched the 6.5 million SSNs against SSA’s [Earnings Suspense File] ESF and E-Verify systems and identified thousands of instances of potential identity theft or other fraud,” they said.

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As of September 2014, the SSA was still issuing benefit payments to 266 people who were using a SSN that said they were born before June 16, 1901.

“However, in only 13 cases was it likely the beneficiary was actually age 112 or older,” the OIG said. “In the remaining 253 cases, discrepancies in SSA records indicated the beneficiary receiving payments was not born before June 16, 1901.”

In one example, a SSN that belonged to a person who was born in 1886 and died in 1965 was used to report wages of up to $17,100 a year between 2008 and 2012. The number was available because the SSA never recorded a date of death."

Yeah, the investigators think there may be some "potential identity theft or other fraud". I would say that's a pretty safe bet, but then I don't work for the government.

http://freebeacon.com/issues/feds-have-s...r-olds-on-file/

"“We matched the 6.5 million SSNs against SSA’s [Earnings Suspense File] ESF and E-Verify systems and identified thousands of instances of potential identity theft or other fraud,” they said."

Looks like they should have identified millions, not thousands.

Probably got 'em off Democrat voter rolls...