Social Security and Disability Law

Honduran National Sentenced for Illegal Reentry, Social Security Fraud

May 17, 2024
Law Cards - Legal News Summaries

From the U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Rhode Island PROVIDENCE, RI – A Honduran national who reentered the United States illegally after he had been removed from the country on three previous occasions, and who used the Social Security number of another individual to gain employment has been sentenced to 18 months in federal prison,…

Continue reading

Hartford Man Charged with Fraudulently Collecting Social Security, Unemployment, and Food Stamp Benefits

May 8, 2024
Law Cards - Legal News Summaries

From the U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Connecticut Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that a federal grand jury in Hartford has returned an indictment charging RICARDO SANTIAGO, 58, of Hartford, with three counts of wire fraud related to a scheme to fraudulently obtain Social Security, unemployment, and…

Continue reading

Report: The Social Security Administration’s Failure to Update Payment Records Due to Undetected Marriages Caused Millions in Improper Payments

May 3, 2024
Law Cards - Legal News Summaries

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Over $240 million in preventable overpayments identified The Social Security Administration (SSA) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) report titled, Impact of Undetected Marriages on Social Security Administration Payments, found that SSA did not always take the necessary manual actions to properly update the payment records for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipients…

Continue reading

Two Raleigh Men Sentenced to Prison for Laundering Proceeds of Transnational Crime

May 2, 2024
Law Cards - Legal News Summaries

From the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of North Carolina RALEIGH, N.C. – Two Raleigh, North Carolina men, Joseph Kingsley Irona and Mamady Fadima Conde, were sentenced for conspiracy to commit money laundering. Both men previously pled guilty to the charge. Irona was sentenced to 84 months’ imprisonment and three years of supervised release. Conde was sentenced to…

Continue reading

Sixteen People Charged with Conspiracy to Defraud Hundreds of Elderly Americans of Millions of Dollars

May 2, 2024
Law Cards - Legal News Summaries

From the U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of New Jersey NEWARK, N.J. – Sixteen individuals were charged in connection with a sprawling “grandparent scam” to defraud hundreds of elderly Americans out of millions of dollars, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today. Eleven men from the Dominican Republic are charged in a 19-count indictment with mail…

Continue reading

Troy Woman Pleads Guilty to Yearslong Fraud to Obtain Benefits

April 30, 2024
Law Cards - Legal News Summaries

From the U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Maine BANGOR, Maine: A Troy woman pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Bangor to Social Security fraud, health care fraud, and theft of public money. According to court records, from about October 2013 to February 2020, Christie Mitchell, 49, lied to the Social Security Administration (SSA) about her husband’s…

Continue reading

Three Individuals Indicted in Multistate COVID-19 Relief Program Fraud Scheme

April 17, 2024
Law Cards - Legal News Summaries

From the U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of New Jersey CAMDEN, N.J. – Three individuals were indicted for their roles in fraudulently obtaining approximately $5 million of federal Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans and Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL) and for laundering the loan proceeds, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today. Eric Rivera, 42, of…

Continue reading

Pulaski Woman Indicted for Bank Fraud, Social Security Fraud, and Aggravated Identity Theft

April 16, 2024
Law Cards - Legal News Summaries

From the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Northern District of New York SYRACUSE, NEW YORK – Wanda Gilpin, age 70, of Pulaski, New York, was arraigned today on a federal indictment charging her with six counts of bank fraud, two counts of misuse of a social security number, and one count of aggravated identity theft, United States…

Continue reading

Cincinnati woman sentenced to 7 years in prison for crimes related to COVID-19 relief fraud

April 15, 2024
Law Cards - Legal News Summaries

U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of Ohio CINCINNATI – A Cincinnati woman convicted at trial last summer of fraud crimes was sentenced in U.S. District Court today to 84 months in prison. Kelli Prather, 52, fraudulently requested more than $1.2 million in pandemic relief loans. She was convicted on all 14 counts following a trial…

Continue reading

New Orleans Woman Sentenced for Theft of More Than $88,000 in Government Funds

April 8, 2024
Law Cards - Legal News Summaries

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:”Table Normal”; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-parent:””; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin-top:0in; mso-para-margin-right:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:8.0pt; mso-para-margin-left:0in; line-height:107%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:”Calibri”,sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:”Times New Roman”; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of Louisiana NEW ORLEANS, LA – ALINE JAMES, a/k/a “Aline…

Continue reading