Use these procedures when an SSI applicant or recipient admits to fleeing from a crime
committed in a foreign country.
Enter ? in the Date Warrant Issued and Date Fled fields on the AWRF screen. (Even
if the individual knows this information, OIG must confirm it before a suspension
action can be taken.)
Enter a remark to fit the case situation in the Statement of Person Remarks. EXAMPLE:
I AM WANTED IN BRAZIL ON DRUG RELATED CHARGES.
If the report is received in connection with an application for benefits, place the
applicant in payment status H70 and enter in ALEF Remarks, INDIV REPTS FOREIGN WARRANT
REFERRED TO OIG. Prepare the SSI application folder and send the case to DDS for a
medical decision.
If the report is received post-adjudicatively, continue payments pending the outcome
of OIG's investigation.
Refer the case by e-mail through your management chain to your Field Operations Fugitive
Felon Coordinator (FOFFC). Include the information shown in Exhibit 4 that can be
copied and used for this purpose.
Use the information from the Numident record to provide the individuals parent's name
and place of birth.
Your FOFFC will forward the request to the appropriate OIG office. OIG will work with
the International Criminal Police Organization and/or the National Crime Information
Center to determine whether there is an active warrant recognized by United States
law enforcement and whether the foreign crime is a felony.
If OIG's response indicates that United States law enforcement does not recognize
the foreign warrant, change the answer to the question Are you accused or convicted
of a felony or, in jurisdictions that do not define crimes as felonies, is punishable
by death or imprisonment for a term exceeding 1 year regardless of the actual sentence
imposed under the laws of the place from which the warrant is issued? to N and document
ALEF Remarks accordingly.
If OIG's response indicates that United States law enforcement recognizes the foreign
warrant as a felony level crime, use the information provided by OIG to complete the
Date Warrant Issued or Date Fled field of the AWRF screen and update ALEF Remarks.
MSSICS uses this information to determine applicable months to post N25 (ineligibility
due to fugitive status).