AI Audit by Turkish Social Security Agency Cancels 650,000 Pensions for Fraud

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Turkey's Social Security Institution (SGK) used AI-supported algorithms to audit and detect fraudulent insurance and retirement claims. Over the past five years, about 650,000 individuals had their pensions canceled, with some facing financial penalties and legal action. The AI system identified suspicious cases via specific codes in the e-Devlet portal.[AI generated]

Why's our monitor labelling this an incident or hazard?

An AI system is explicitly mentioned as being used for auditing and detecting fraudulent insurance claims. The AI system's use has directly led to the cancellation of fraudulent retirements and recovery of funds, which constitutes a violation of legal and labor rights (harm category c). Therefore, this event qualifies as an AI Incident because the AI system's use has directly led to harm by uncovering and addressing rights violations and fraud in the social security system.[AI generated]
AI principles
FairnessTransparency & explainability
Industries
Government, security, and defence
Affected stakeholders
Consumers
Harm types
Economic/Property
Severity
AI incident
Business function:
Compliance and justice
AI system task:
Event/anomaly detection

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