Can this be reported as fraud?
My niece became pregnant while a senior in high school. Baby boy was adopted by my father in-law for insurance. (he's retired Army). Niece had previously been adopted by her grandma for the same reason.. insurance. Because my father in-law was a senior citizen when he adopted his great grandson, he received extra social security benefits. Understandable even though the great grandson lived in the same house as his mother. My niece is now a grown woman, probably going on 31, married to a guy in the Coast Guard and they also have a daughter between them. Her son is living with her yet she continues to get money from her grandpa from his social security checks. It seems that those benefits should have stopped when she moved out with her son and got married, yet she gets a check for $500 a month sent to her from her grandpa. My daughter told me that she bragged about the numerous Louis Vuitton purses she has and that she didn't pay for any of them. My father in-law now has terminal cancer and probably has less than 6 months to live. Should this be reported to social security so the payments can stop? It literally makes me sick that she has been receiving $6,000 a year, tax free, for her son who is living with her. I have no problems reporting someone who I believe is receiving fraudulent benefits, even if they are family. My husband and I thought this had been taken care of, but he recently found out she was still receiving checks and supports me reporting this if it is fraud.