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Our authority to request information concerning fraud, waste
and abuse in connection with the programs and operations of
SSA is found in the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended,
5 U.S.C. App. 3, sec. 4.
Information that you submit will be used principally for investigations
into fraud, waste, and abuse in connection with the programs
and operations of the SSA. This includes benefits fraud, fraud
in connection with obtaining a Social Security Number, and
all other possible criminal and civil violations of the Social
Security Act.
Your submission is voluntary. There is no penalty for failing
to report a possible violation. However, you may be subject
to possible criminal or civil penalties for reporting false
information to SSA, in some instances. You should report
the truth as you know it.
We may make disclosures of information you submit to others,
including other Federal and State law enforcement agencies,
as necessary to complete our investigation, or as required
under Federal law. We may refer your allegation to the appropriate
law enforcement agency if we believe you have alleged a
criminal or civil violation properly within their jurisdiction.
We will refer all allegations of identity theft to the Federal
Trade Commission. We may refer your allegation to the SSA
if we believe your allegation may be addressed through administrative
action, for instance, if you allege a simple mistake in
the computation of your benefit amount. A complete list
of the permissible disclosures we may make of allegations
and investigative information may be found in the Federal
Register at 60 Fed. Reg. 19619 (April 19, 1995).
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