The Social Security Administration (SSA) and the Office of the Inspector General
(OIG), and Disability Determination Services (DDS), administer the Cooperative
Disability Investigation (CDI) project. Since its inception in 1998, CDI efforts
have resulted in over $221 million in projected savings to SSA Title II and
Title XVI disability programs and over $117 million in projected savings to
non-SSA programs throughout the country.
The program consists of 18 CDI Units (CDIU) nationwide, whose mission is to
obtain evidence of material fact sufficient to resolve questions of fraud in
SSA’s disability programs. This supports the Agency’s strategic goal of ensuring
the integrity of Social Security programs, with zero tolerance for fraud.
Since 1998, CDI Units have been established in Atlanta, GA; Baton Rouge, LA;
Boston, MA; Chicago, IL; Cleveland, OH; Dallas, TX; Houston, TX; Iselin, NJ;
Nashville, TN; New York, NY; Oakland, CA; Phoenix, AZ; Richmond, VA; Salem, OR;
Seattle, WA; St. Louis, MO; Tampa, FL; Denver, CO; to combat Social Security
fraud.
Seattle is one of the newer CDI Units established in the program. Authorized in
March of 2002, the Unit began operations in December 2002, with employees from
the Washington DDS and the Washington State Patrol staffing the unit.
During the first full calendar year of operations (2003), the Seattle Unit has
proven itself as one of the most successful units in the nation. The Seattle
Unit finished 2003 ranked as the fifth best Unit among the 18 existing Units
nationwide. The Unit finished first in the nation for the month of January 2004.
PURPOSE
Facilitating timely and accurate decisions made by the DDS, by gathering
evidence to support or refute suspicious claims, and prosecuting individuals
and/or groups who knowingly facilitate and/or promote fraudulent disability
claims. UNREPORTED WORK ACTIVITY
Anonymous Tips > Obtain specifics; place of work or information on others who
may know about the work.
Repeat Offenders > Patterns of seasonal work or several months of work with no
recent medical review.
Claimant’s Appearance > Things being out of place with one’s personal
appearance and/or one’s personal property (logos on vehicles).
FOCUS
The majority of referrals to the CDIU are from DDS employees spotting
irregularities while processing claims and continuing disability reviews (CDRs).
However, the CDIU will accept referrals from anyone and/or source of
information.
In a partnership with SSA, Washington State Patrol detectives conduct the
investigative portion of the case, while DDS analysts develop documentation to
support or refute the legitimacy of the claim. The OIG for the SSA supervises
the activities of the CDIU and ensures appropriate action is taken on each claim
in question.
If sufficient information and evidence is obtained, the case is presented to
either a US Attorney or a local District Attorney for prosecution. If a referral
does not warrant a criminal charge, civil or administrative remedies may be
pursued.
Or they may find that you are still imparied and then cut you off anyway like
they did to me.
Cooperative Disabilities Investigation Unit AKA spies who torment the mentally ill 
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