Musk warns scammer, who stole personal information of 400K Americans, will be arrested

"I believe someone is going to be arrested tomorrow, because there's someone who actually stole 400,000 Social Security numbers and personal information from the Social Security database," Musk said during a tele-town hall with Wisconsin voters Monday evening as quoted by Fox News.

The person was "selling Social Security numbers and all the identification information in order for people to basically steal money from Social Security," the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) head said.

Elon Musk commented while responding to a phone call from a Wisconsin voter who asked if Attorney General Pam Bondi had plans to investigate and prosecute fraud surrounding Social Security.

Musk is heading the DOGE, a department created by Donald Trump administration since coming to power for the second term, which is working hard to uncover government overspending and fraud.

Illegal Immigrants

During the phone call, Musk warned that the potential fraud related to Social Security leaves the system vulnerable to illegal immigrants fraudulently obtaining identification numbers.

"A particular avenue of fraud for like illegal immigrants and for voter fraud, because the main way that identification is established in the United States is via Social Security," he said.

Musk said: "So, if you compromise a Social Security system, you can basically get people to get de facto registered to vote, even if they're not citizens, and to get a bunch of benefits."

Social Media Reactions

Social media users reacted to the announcement made by Musk, with some of them asking them not to tip off.

One social media user said: "Imagine the fraud going on at the DOT. My husband is hearing stories that certain blue states are selling CDLs to unqualified truck drivers."

Another said: "Posting this ahead of the arrest is not a good idea."

"I love what you're trying to accomplish Elon, but sometimes it's best to wait until after the arrests have been made to reveal what was discovered," wrote another person on X.