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:
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Conceals employment or fails to
report employment while receiving benefits.
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Fails to report unearned income such
as, but not limited to, Child Support, Social
Security benefits, SSI benefits, Unemployment
Compensation or settlements and inheritances.
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Receives benefits for a child not under their care.
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Conceals their marriage or assets of
their spouse from FCJFS while receiving FCJFS
benefits.
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Fails to report a parent or legal
guardian of a child residing in the home as living
in the household.
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Participates in Food Stamp
trafficking.
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Resides outside of Fairfield County
and is receiving benefits from FCJFS.
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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.
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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.
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Allegations of Child Abuse or Neglect.
Reports of this nature should be
directed to Fairfield County Child Protective
Services at 740.653.4060.
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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.
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.
Internet:
REPORTING FRAUD IN FAIRFIELD
COUNTY
US Mail:
FCJFS 239 W. Main
St., Attn. Fraud Dept., Lancaster, Ohio, 43130.
Fax:
740.689.4848
Telephone:
1.800.450.8845,
740.653.1701 or 740.681.4779
TTY/TDD:
740.681.7211
In addition to the
methods outlined above walk-in appointments at the 239
West Main Street office in Lancaster, Ohio are welcome.
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:
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Who committed the Fraud? (Include
Suspect Name, Social Security Number, Date of Birth,
Address, and Telephone Number)
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What exactly did the suspect do?
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Where did the fraud take place?
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When did it happen?
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How was the fraud committed?
