{"id":2688454,"date":"2026-10-20T13:58:02","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T17:58:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-social-security-administration-cleans-up-records-correctly-marks-millions-as-deceased\/"},"modified":"2026-10-20T13:58:02","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T17:58:02","slug":"breaking-social-security-administration-cleans-up-records-correctly-marks-millions-as-deceased","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-social-security-administration-cleans-up-records-correctly-marks-millions-as-deceased\/","title":{"rendered":"Breaking: Social Security Administration Cleans Up Records, Correctly Marks Millions as Deceased"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbreaking-social-security-administration-cleans-up-records-correctly-marks-millions-as-deceased%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2688454&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Social Security Administration announced on Tuesday that it has completed \u201cthe most comprehensive\u201d cleanup of the agency\u2019s records in its 91-year history.<\/p>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssa.gov\/news\/en\/press\/releases\/2026-10-20.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Social Security Administration<\/a>, this cleanup has involved adding 17 million \u201cdates of death\u201d to Social Security records that previously lacked this vital detail.<\/p>\n<p>In other words, 17 million <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/took-feds-long-stop-sending-benefits-dead-people\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dead people<\/a> with Social Security numbers were previously missing a death date at the agency.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is the first time SSA has undertaken an effort of this scale, and I am proud of the work we have done to strengthen the foundation of identity data relied upon throughout government and the economy,\u201d Social Security Administration Commissioner Frank Bisignano told Fox News in a statement.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">BREAKING: The Social Security Administration confirms to @FoxNews that it has just undertaken its largest cleanup of Social Security Numbers in the agency\u2019s 91-year history, correcting nearly 15% of all U.S. citizen SSNs (roughly 50 million out of 330 million). The changes include:<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Adding 17 million dates of death to files that previously didn\u2019t have them w\/ help from State Dept\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BillMelugin_\/status\/2112544700645191731?\">October 20, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The SSA also updated 25 million Social Security files that lacked citizenship information and corrected an additional 8.5 million records that contained <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/rediscovered-dhs-docs-suggest-ilhan-omar-may-never-us-citizen-first-place\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">inaccurate citizenship information<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In total, the agency \u201ccorrected\u201d 15 percent of all active Social Security numbers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Social Security Number database is our country\u2019s books and records,\u201d Bisignano\u2019s statement continued. \u201cThe database\u2019s accuracy is essential to maintaining integrity of government services for citizens.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAccurate SSN records prevent fraud across federal programs and support the proper administration of benefits,\u201d he concluded.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Rooting out fraud starts with accurate records.<\/p>\n<p>Under @POTUS leadership, SSA has corrected nearly 15% of active SSNs, the most comprehensive SSN record clean-up in agency history:<br \/> \u2705 17M missing dates of death added<br \/> \u2705 25M records with missing citizenship info updated<br \/> \ud83d\udd04 8.5M inaccurate citizenship records being corrected<\/p>\n<p>Find more results here: https:\/\/t.co\/42cpXcuvhK<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Social Security (@SocialSecurity) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SocialSecurity\/status\/2112550424804839911?\">October 20, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>This announcement from the SSA comes two months after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2026\/aug\/31\/deceased-man-managed-get-social-security-24-years\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Washington Times<\/a> published a bombshell report about a California man, Carlos Ramon Obregon, who died in 1977 during a drive-by shooting, yet somehow applied for a Social Security card 23 years later in 2000.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOver the next 24 years, the man known to the world as Carlos Obregon would scam Social Security, the Department of Health and Human Services, the State Department, the Treasury Department and Idaho\u2019s Transportation Department, walking away with nearly $284,000 in taxpayer money,\u201d The Washington Times reported.<\/p>\n<p>It wasn\u2019t until August of this year that the unnamed man pretending to Obregon was finally held accountable for his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/government-fraud-not-victimless-crime\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">government fraud<\/a> when U.S. District Judge David Nye sentenced him to 61 months in prison.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Carlos Ramon Obregon was born in 1963 and was killed at age 14 after suffering a gunshot wound in a drive-by shooting. Obregon\u2019s mother testified that this man was not her son. His true identity is unknown.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/t.co\/7MMSJ3eDPX<\/p>\n<p>Story by @NewswithKait #EastIdahoNews https:\/\/t.co\/RI8G7lGOp9<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 East Idaho News (@EastIDNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/EastIDNews\/status\/2093043414753329156?\">August 27, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIdentity thieves who exploit the identities of deceased Americans cause real harm,\u201d Jonathan Kazmar, special agent in charge of the State Department\u2019s Diplomatic Security Service in San Francisco, said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn this case, the defendant assumed the identity of a deceased American teenager and used it for years to commit serious fraud,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Critics have long wondered how many other deviants have been taking advantage of Social Security to fraudulently obtain taxpayer money.<\/p>\n<p>During his work for the Department of Government Efficiency, billionaire inventor and entrepreneur Elon Musk revealed that there were hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of Americans <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/social-security-fraud-nearly-1-5-million-americans-listed-150-years-old-1041-220-years-old\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">falsely listed as alive<\/a> in America\u2019s Social Security databases.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">According to the Social Security database, these are the numbers of people in each age bucket with the death field set to FALSE!<\/p>\n<p>Maybe Twilight is real and there are a lot of vampires collecting Social Security \ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23 https:\/\/t.co\/ltb06VX98Z<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1891350795452654076?\">February 17, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are FAR more \u2018eligible\u2019 social security numbers than there are citizens in the USA,\u201d Musk <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1891357918605332965\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">warned<\/a>\u00a0on the social media platform X at the time. \u201cThis might be the biggest fraud in history.\u201d<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f7f7f7; 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