Watchdog opens probe into huge Social Security fines to poor

At the heart of the investigation is the Civil Monetary Penalty Program, a little-known anti-fraud program run by the inspector general's office which during the Trump administration began levying unprecedented fines imposed on disabled and elderly people.

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