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Jewish News 24 · Oct 20, 2026

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The Social Security Administration announced Tuesday that it has corrected tens of millions of records in its Social Security number database, but the agency did not say whether the corrections uncovered fraud or led to criminal charges against individuals. The agency said it had corrected nearly 15% of active Social Security numbers since the beginning of the Trump administration, including adding 17 million dates of death to records and updating citizenship information in millions of files.

The Social Security Administration announced Tuesday that it has corrected tens of millions of records in its Social Security number database, but the agency did not say whether the corrections uncovered fraud or led to criminal charges against individuals. The agency said it had corrected nearly 15% of active Social Security numbers since the beginning of the Trump administration, including adding 17 million dates of death to records and updating citizenship information in millions of files.

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