NEWS RELEASE: LexisNexis Subsidiary Agrees to $54,000 Penalty for “SSA Verify” Marketing
Social Security Administration sent this bulletin at 10/24/2018 03:00 PM EDTFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 23, 2018
The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) and LexisNexis Risk Solutions (LNRS), a LexisNexis Group subsidiary, entered into a settlement agreement to resolve the Government’s claim that LNRS violated Section 1140 of the Social Security Act by publishing misleading online advertising regarding “SSA Verify.”
LNRS had marketed “SSA Verify” for its access to the Social Security Administration’s Consent Based Social Security Number Verification (CBSV) service. LNRS cooperated with the OIG inquiry; the firm immediately discontinued the at-issue advertising upon receiving notice of the Government’s allegation and subsequently discontinued offering the CBSV service to its customers. In the settlement agreement, LNRS did not admit violating the law but agreed to comply with Section 1140 and pay a civil monetary penalty of $54,000.
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