last year we investigated over 600 people for deceased payee fraud. these are cases of individuals who conceal someone's death to ill illegally collect social security benefits. criminal convictions of 150 people and $5 million in officers, restitutions and projected savings in one example, a woman collected her mother's social security and federal civil service benefit ford 35 years after her mother died. ssa identified the case through the medicare nonutallization project. last year the woman pled guilty to government theft and was sentenced to 18 months of house arrest. the was ordered to repay $350,000 to the ssa and opm. this is a high investigative priority. cases of deceased payee fraud can lead to significant government recoveries and savings and federal prosecution efforts helped deter others from committing this crime. before i conclude i want to acknowledge our audit fors and a littles outstanding work has garnered national media attention. we're meeseed our evers are making an impact in promoting overdue discussion on these issues but i sp

last year we investigated over 600 people for deceased payee fraud. these are cases of individuals who conceal someone's death to illegally collect someone's social security benefits. criminal convictions of about 150 people and $55 million in recovery restitution and projected savings. in one example a woman collected her mother's social security and federal civil service benefits for 35 yearsar her mother -- after her mother died. this was identified through the medicare nonutilization project and referred to us to investigative. last year the woman was sentenced to house arrest and ordered to pay $350,000 to the ssa and omp. this is a high investigative priority. cases of fraud can lead to significant government recovery in savings and federal prosecution help deter others from committing this crime. before i conclude i want to acknowledge that our auditors and special agencies outstanding work on this topic has garnered national media attention. we are pleased that our efforts are making an impact on these issues but i speak for my staff that we d

last year, we investigated over 600 people for deceased payee fraud. these are cases of individuals who conceal someone's death to legally collect someone's social security benefits. criminal convictions of about 150 people and $55 million in recoveries, restitutions, and projected savings. in one example, a woman collected her mother's social security and federal service benefits for 35 years after her mother died. ssa identified this case through the medicare non-utilization project and referred it to us to investigate. pled guilty to government death and sent to 18 months of house arrest. she was ordered to repay about $350,000 to the ssa and opm. this is a high investigative priority, cases of deceased payee fraud can lead to significant government recoveries and federal prosecution efforts helpdeter others from committing this crime. i want to outline the outstanding work that garnered national media taepgsattention. we're pleased about the discussion of these issues but i speak for my entire staff when i say we don't do this work to make news hea

s ability to recover overpayment and refer allegations of deceased payee fraud to our office. last year we investigated over 600 people for fraud. this is individuals cho use someone's death to collect social security benefits. $5 million in recoveries and restitutions and projected savings. in one example a woman collected her mother's benefits for 35 years after her mother died. s.s.a. identified this case through medicare nonutilization project. last year the woman pled guilty to government debt and was sentenced to 18 months of house arrest. she was ordered to pay $300,000. this is a high investigative priority. cases of deceased payee fraud can lead to significant government recoveries and savings and federal prosecution efforts can help deter others from committing this crime. i want to acknowledge our autotask force work has garnered recent national media attention. we're pleased our efforts are making an impact on overdue discussions on these issues. we do not do this work to make news headlines. we do this work and will continue to do it to continue s.s.a.'s programs.