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DOGE is searching through Social Security payments looking for fraud

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Department of Government Efficiency is sifting through $1.6 trillion worth of Social Security payments looking for fraud.

Advocates worry mistakes could affect vulnerable older Americans .

DOGE staffers also have been inquiring about the Social Security Administration's telephone service.

President Donald Trump and Elon Musk have alluded to the anti-fraud project in recent public statements.

Other DOGE representatives listed as chief information officers at the SSA include Gautier " Cole " Killian, 24 , and Nikhil Rajpal , 30 , sources say.

Marko Elez , is also listed as working at SSA , sources said.

Elez was among those granted access to sensitive taxpayer information earlier this year .

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