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North Coast Lawyer

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8. Chasing Phantoms

Reply to Lokee11 (Reply #2)

Wed Mar 19, 2025, 01:09 PM

Mar 2025

If 150 year old (i.e. dead) people were receiving payment it would be pretty easy to track and prosecute. Social Security has the addresses where checks are sent. Social Security has the account numbers direct deposits are sent to. A rookie cop could follow the trail. A baby district attorney right out of law school could successfully prosecute.

If this was an actual thing Musk would be crowing about actual arrests.

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Social Security Administration to require in-person identity checks for new and existing recipients [View all] douglas9 Mar 2025 OP

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FUCK THAT Lokee11 Mar 2025 #2

Chasing Phantoms North Coast Lawyer Mar 2025 #8

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