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Socso hit with 683 false claims from years 2018-2022


PETALING JAYA: In just five years, from 2018 to 2022, the Social Security Organisation (Socso) detected 683 cases of fraudulent claims amounting to RM43mil.

In some cases, people even try using a dead person’s number to make claims, said Socso chief executive Datuk Seri Dr Mohammed Azman Aziz Mohammed.

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