Quincy Woman Sentenced for Social Security Fraud
Apr 4, 2025
U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Massachusetts
BOSTON – A Quincy woman was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for fraudulently receiving Social Security disability benefits.
Crystal Gesumaria, 41, was sentenced by U.S. Magistrate Judge Jennifer C. Boal to three years of probation and ordered to pay $93,603 in restitution. Earlier in the hearing, Gesumaria pleaded guilty to one count of misdemeanor theft of government money. Gesumaria was charged in October 2024.
From July 2013 to August 2022, Gesumaria stole $93,603 in Social Security Administration (SSA) disability benefits by failing to report her 2013 marriage and making multiple misleading statements to SSA regarding her marital status. Gesumaria had been receiving disabled adult child (DAC) benefits since March 2005. Married individuals, with limited exceptions, are ineligible for DAC benefits. SSA informed Gesumaria of this eligibility criteria when she began receiving DAC benefits and sent several written reminders of her obligation to report any change in her marital status. During a continuing disability review in 2016, Gesumaria submitted to SSA several forms as well as an affidavit from her husband that contained misleading information about their relationship with references to him as a “friend” or “roommate.” When she was confronted by an SSA employee in May 2022 about an allegation that she was married and reminded again of the potential impact on her DAC benefits, Gesumaria denied knowing anything about the marriage.
United States Attorney Leah B. Foley and Amy Connelly, Special Agent-in-Charge of the Social Security Administration, Office of the Inspector General, Office of Investigations, Boston Field Division made the announcement today. Special Assistant U.S. Attorney James J. Nagelberg of the Major Crimes Unit prosecuted the case.
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