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18 U.S.C. § 1030 (Computer Fraud and Abuse Act) — unauthorized access / exceeding authorized access

• Alleged plan involved deliberately altering the SSA “death master file” to falsely mark living people as dead, a sensitive federal system that drives eligibility and access to financial services.
• If DOGE personnel and/or DHS agents caused or directed the changes outside lawful purpose or authorization, that supports “exceeds authorized access” or unauthorized access to obtain/alter information and cause harm.
• Gap: article does not specify the precise access credentials/authority used; exposure turns on whether the alteration was outside authorized duties and implemented through improper system access or misuse of granted access.

18 U.S.C. § 641 — theft/conversion of U.S. property/thing of value

• Using federal records/functions to cut off benefits and financial access by falsely declaring living people dead can be framed as knowing conversion or wrongful deprivation of government benefits (a “thing of value”) via manipulation of eligibility data.
• Structural inference: the objective described (“self deport”) suggests intentional misuse of federal systems to deprive a targeted group of federally administered entitlements/services.
• Gap: the article does not detail specific benefit payments terminated for the 6,000 individuals, but it alleges the database change itself is designed to trigger widespread benefit/financial cutoff.

18 U.S.C. § 242 — deprivation of rights under color of law

• Alleged conduct uses official power and federal systems to intentionally impose severe financial paralysis on individuals by falsely recording death status, impacting benefits and access to banking/credit.
• If done knowingly and willfully (as alleged by the deliberate “scheme” and falsity), it raises criminal civil-rights exposure for actors directing or executing the deprivation under color of law.
• Gap: specific constitutional/statutory “right” theory and willfulness would require factual development; article provides intent language (“goal was to push… to ‘self deport’”).

18 U.S.C. § 371 — conspiracy to defraud the United States

• Coordinated effort by DOGE personnel with DHS agents and pressured SSA leadership to implement false death entries suggests an agreement to impair lawful SSA functions through deceitful data manipulation.
• Overt acts alleged: signing memorandums authorizing database change; listing “more than 6,000” living migrants as dead.
• Gap: article does not name all participants or detail communications, but describes a multi-agency project developed since February and executed after high-level pressure.

5 U.S.C. § 2302 (Prohibited Personnel Practices) — retaliation/abuse regarding federal employees (administrative/IG exposure)

• Removal of a career civil servant (Pearre) two days after opposing an allegedly unlawful/illegal scheme suggests retaliatory personnel action tied to protected opposition/whistleblowing.
• Physical removal (“dragged from his office”) heightens potential misconduct and improper discipline concerns.
• Primarily administrative/IG/MSPB exposure, but can be probative of consciousness of wrongdoing relevant to criminal intent for the underlying scheme.