Social Security and Disability Law
From the U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Massachusetts BOSTON – A Fall River man has been arrested on charges related to passport fraud and other offenses. Hector Eduardo Arias Mejia, 43, was charged with misuse of a Social Security number, aggravated identity theft and making a false statement in an application for a United States…
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From the U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Massachusetts BOSTON – A Stoughton man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for using the identifying information of another person to apply for a driver’s license and United States passport. Wilfrido Baez Villar, 49, was sentenced by U.S. Senior District Court Judge William G. Young to…
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From the U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Massachusetts BOSTON – The former owner and operator of a Norfolk-based dermatology practice was sentenced today in federal court in Worcester for fraudulently receiving federal workers’ compensation and disability benefits from the Social Security Administration (SSA). Karen Nolan, 66, of Norwood, was sentenced by U.S. Senior…
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Lincoln, Nebraska – Berry Law, the law firm renowned for not only representing veterans but also hiring them, has been named to Inc.’s 2023 Best in Business for Veteran Support list. Compiled annually, the Best in Business list names businesses that have had the most substantial positive impact on their communities, industries, the environment, and…
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From the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Middle District of Florida Tampa, Florida – U.S. District Judge Susan C. Bucklew has sentenced Jignesh Purshottambhai Vekaria (30, Tampa) to four years and three months in federal prison for conspiracy to commit money laundering. As part of his sentence, the court also entered an order of forfeiture in the…
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From the U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of New Jersey NEWARK N.J. – A Middlesex County, New Jersey, woman was arrested on charges that she fraudulently obtained Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL) and Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) funds and unemployment insurance benefits totaling $694,212, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today. Damaris Valerio, 41, of Perth…
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From the U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of New Jersey TRENTON, N.J. – A Pennsylvania man admitted to his role in a scheme to fraudulently obtain over $4.8 million in federal Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL) for himself and others, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today. Darryl Duanne Young, aka…
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Rye Brook, New York – Littman Krooks LLP Partner Amy C. O’Hara, Esq., CELA®, was sworn in as President to the Board of Directors of the Special Needs Alliance, a national invitation-only organization comprised of attorneys dedicated to the practice of special needs planning, disability and public benefits law on October 21, 2023. SNA membership…
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From the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of California SAN DIEGO – Kimberly Kay Brandt, a 51-year-old U.S. citizen living in Tijuana, was sentenced in federal court today to 12 months and one day in prison for concealing her mother’s death from the Social Security Administration for 13 years to steal more than $268,000 in…
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From the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of Missouri ST. LOUIS – A man from St. Louis, Missouri on Monday admitted fraudulently obtaining a $150,000 loan during the COVID-19 pandemic. Demetrice Black, 53, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to one felony count of misuse of a Social Security number and one felony count of…
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