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font-family-ui"> March 27, 2025 </div> </div> <div> </div> </div> <div class=" padding-bottom-5 margin-top-4 usa-prose border-bottom-05 border-base-lightest usa-content " > <h3 class="title"> <a class="usa-link text-no-underline" href="/news-releases/2025-03-31-brazilian-national-pleads-guilty-to-passport-fraud-and-other-offenses/" >Dominican National Pleads Guilty to Passport Fraud and Other Offenses</a > </h3> <div class="margin-bottom-2"> <div class="margin-top-neg-105 font-family-ui"> March 27, 2025 </div> </div> <div> </div> </div> <div class=" padding-bottom-5 margin-top-4 usa-prose border-bottom-05 border-base-lightest usa-content " > <h3 class="title"> <a class="usa-link text-no-underline" href="/news-releases/2025-03-27-st-tammany-man-sentenced-for-threatening-federal-employee/" >St. Tammany Man Sentenced For Threatening Federal Employee</a > </h3> <div class="margin-bottom-2"> <div class="margin-top-neg-105 font-family-ui"> March 26, 2025 </div> </div> <div> </div> </div> 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>State Death Report Discrepancies Led to $327M in Improper Payments and Cost SSA Millions of Dollars in Unnecessary Workloads</a > </h3> <div class="margin-bottom-2"> <div class="margin-top-neg-105 font-family-ui"> March 19, 2025 </div> </div> <div> </div> </div> <div class=" padding-bottom-5 margin-top-4 usa-prose border-bottom-05 border-base-lightest usa-content " > <h3 class="title"> <a class="usa-link text-no-underline" href="/news-releases/2025-03-19-villa-rica-man-sentenced-for-stealing-social-security-benefits/" >Villa Rica Man Sentenced for Stealing Social Security Benefits</a > </h3> <div class="margin-bottom-2"> <div class="margin-top-neg-105 font-family-ui"> March 18, 2025 </div> </div> <div> </div> </div> <div class=" padding-bottom-5 margin-top-4 usa-prose border-bottom-05 border-base-lightest usa-content " > <h3 class="title"> <a class="usa-link text-no-underline" 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