Social Security and Disability Law
Tampa, FL (Law Firm Newswire) December 06, 2022 – Social Security retirement benefits are adjusted each year to keep pace with rising inflation. In 2023, record inflation rates may push Social Security benefits to their largest increase yet. The yearly adjustment to Social Security benefits is called a cost of living adjustment, or COLA. The…
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Tampa, FL (Law Firm Newswire) November 22, 2022 – The Social Security Administration (SSA) announced plans to improve customer service and reduce wait times amid complaints about long lines in the extreme summer heat at field offices in Florida and across the United States. The SSA reopened field offices in April after more than two…
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Tampa, FL (Law Firm Newswire) January 11, 2023 – The Social Security Administration (SSA) recently announced twelve new “Compassionate Allowance” (CAL) conditions. Many Florida social security disability insurance (SSDI) applicants are met with long processing times, extensive waiting periods, and initial denials before eventually securing benefits under the program. The expansion is likely to impact…
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David W. Magann Social Security Disability Tampa, FL (Law Firm Newswire) February 22, 2023 – Nearly 70 million people rely on one or more of Social Security’s benefit programs; as such, Floridians have undoubtedly experienced the effects of inflation, but changes to Social Security may provide some with more financial security in 2023. According to…
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From the U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Massachusetts: BOSTON – A Hyde Park man pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Boston to using a stolen identity to fraudulently obtain pandemic relief funds and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, previously known as Food Stamps. Fernando Mateo Valenzuela, 69, pleaded guilty to three counts of…
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From the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Western District of Missouri: KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A Kansas City, Mo., woman was sentenced in federal court today for using six stolen identities to fraudulently file 71 Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits in four states. Bridgette Ford, 62, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Howard F. Sachs to…
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From the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Western District of Virginia: LYNCHBURG, Va. – A Hurt, Virginia woman, who stole more than $170,000 in Social Security Administration retirement funds to which she was not entitled, was sentenced in federal court just three months after her mother was sentenced on related charges. In November 2022, Christy Bowling, 38,…
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David W. Magann Social Security Disability Tampa, FL (Law Firm Newswire) February 22, 2023 – Nearly 70 million people rely on one or more of Social Security’s benefit programs; as such, Floridians have undoubtedly experienced the effects of inflation, but changes to Social Security may provide some with more financial security in 2023. According to…
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From the Office of the New York State Comptroller: State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli, the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, the Social Security Administration Office of Inspector General (SSA OIG), the United States Postal Inspection Service and the Federal Bureau of Investigation today announced the arrest and guilty plea of Timothy…
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