Treasury Halts $175 Million in Payments to Dead People
8th October 2026
The Treasury Department identified and returned about 13,500 payments totaling $175 million that otherwise would have gone to deceased people during fiscal 2026, part of an effort to catch fraud and improper payments before taxpayer money is disbursed.
And those are just the ones they found.
Imagine how much is going to the ones they haven’t found.