Treasury Blocks Nearly $100 Million in Federal Payments to Deceased People

by Emmitt Barry, Worthy News Washington D.C. Bureau ChiefWASHINGTON, D.C. (Worthy News) – The U.S. Treasury Department has blocked approximately $99 million in federal payments intended for people who were already dead, officials announced Tuesday.Treasury’s Bureau of the Fiscal Service identified more than 4,900 questionable payments after screening over 885 million federal transactions valued at approximately $2.77 trillion. The payments were returned to the originating agencies for revi