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What is the Fraud Reporting System?

The FCJFS Fraud Reporting System provides an avenue for individuals to report fraud, waste, and abuse within FCJFS programs and operations. We handle allegations regarding violations of law or regulations affecting FCJFS programs and operations.

What Should I Report to the Fraud Reporting System?

A variety of situations may be considered fraud in FCJFS programs. Some frequent examples include but are not limited to the following:

• An individual or individuals receiving public assistance such as Food Stamps, Ohio Works First
   (cash assistance), Childcare, or Medicaid:

• Conceals employment or fails to report employment while receiving benefits.

• Fails to report unearned income such as, but not limited to, Child Support, Social Security benefits, SSI
  benefits, Unemployment Compensation or settlements and inheritances.

• Receives benefits for a child not under their care.

• Conceals their marriage or assets of their spouse from FCJFS while receiving FCJFS benefits.

• Fails to report a parent or legal guardian of a child residing in the home as living in the household.

• Participates in Food Stamp trafficking.

• Resides outside of Fairfield County and is receiving benefits from FCJFS.

• Fails to notify FCJFS of the death of a case member and continues to receive and utilize the benefits of the deceased.

What Should I not Report to the Fraud Reporting System?

Many serious crimes can occur hand in hand with welfare fraud. It is important to realize that many of these are beyond the scope of FCJFS and the FCJFS Fraud Team specifically. The serious nature of these crimes dictates the intervention and involvement of Law Enforcement professionals or other trained personnel in their resolution. 

• Allegations of Drug Abuse and Drug Trafficking. Reports involving crimes of this nature should be made to the Fairfield County Sheriff’s drug task force at 740.653.5224. This task force is comprised of Law Enforcement professionals from the Lancaster Police Department and the Fairfield and Hocking County Sheriff’s offices.

• Allegations of Child Abuse or Neglect. Reports of this nature should be directed to Fairfield County Child Protective Services at 740.653.4060.

• Allegations of Welfare Fraud not occurring in Fairfield County. Reports of Welfare Fraud occurring in other counties should be made to the county in question or to the main Ohio Department of Job and Family Services webpage at www.odjfs.state.oh.us/fraud/form.asp.

How Do I Contact the Fraud Reporting System?

Fairfield County Job and Family Services provides numerous convenient ways to report welfare fraud occurring in our county. The following are all viable methods of fraud reporting and each will insure that your referral is investigated in a professional, thorough and timely manner.

REPORTING FRAUD

Fraud referrals may be made anonymously, or you can provide your name and contact information, so that a fraud representative can contact you for follow-up information.

Even if you provide your name and contact information to the agency, the referral will remain confidential, and your identity will not be made known to the customer reported.

You have four (4) options for reporting fraud:

1. Complete the on-line form and submit electronically. Complete as much information as you are able to on this form.

2. Leave a referral on our Fraud Hotline at 740-681-7244.

3. Mail a written referral to our agency offices.
   Mail to:
   Fairfield County Job & Family Services
   Attn: Fraud Department
   239 West Main Street
   Lancaster OH 43130

4. A fraud representative will be available to receive your call directly at 740-681-7244
   between 8:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. every Tuesday and Thursday.

Please note:

• FRAUD REFERRALS MAY BE MADE ANONYMOUSLY!

• THE IDENTITY OF THE INDIVIDUALS PROVIDING FRAUD REFERRALS WILL REMAIN CONFIDENTIAL

What Do I Need to Know When Contacting the Fraud Reporting System?

To act on your allegation, we need you to provide as much identifying information as possible regarding the suspect and the details of what occurred. The more you can tell us, the better chance we have of determining whether fraud has been committed. Your information should include the following:

• Who committed the Fraud? (Include Suspect Name, Social Security Number, Date of Birth, Address, and Telephone Number)

• What exactly did the suspect do?

• Where did the fraud take place?

• When did it happen?

• How was the fraud committed?