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Latin Times
Latin Times
Politics
Maryam Khanum

Elon Musk Claims 'Non-Existent' or 'Dead' People's Identities Are Being Used to Collect Government Paychecks: 'There Is Outright Fraud'

"In some cases, we believe non-existent people or the identities of dead people are being used to collect paychecks," Musk wrote. (Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Elon Musk took to social media to allege that the identities of deceased people, or "non-existent" people, were being used by unauthorized persons to collect federal paychecks.

Musk sent out an email to federal employees across departments on Saturday in which he asked them to justify their jobs, requesting that they "reply to this email with approx. 5 bullets of what you accomplished this week and cc your manager."

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