Treasury stopped nearly $100M in taxpayer money from going to dead people after new gov’t measure implemented | 21 July 2026 | The Treasury Department has blocked nearly $100 million in taxpayer money from going to dead people since implementing a government-wide payment verification process last year, The Post has learned. The department’s Bureau of the Fiscal Service discovered the money set to go to ghosts after a review of an eye-popping 885 million payments worth a total of nearly $2.7 trillion. Since March 2025, the screening has identified more than 4,900 disbursements, worth approximately $99 million, associated with deceased payees, according to the Treasury. The payments going to the dead — often indicative of fraud — were returned to the originating federal agencies for review before any funds were disbursed, the department said.