he U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) was created in 1995 as a result of the Social Security Independence and Program Improvements Act of 1994. Since its inception, the OIG’s statutory mission has been to prevent and detect fraud, waste, abuse, and mismanagement of the SSA’s programs and operations. To … Continue reading Year of Preventing Identity Crime: Identity Theft Trends: Abuse of Social Security Numbers