Social Security and Disability Law
From the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Western District of Washington: Seattle – A former Seattle resident who defrauded federal COVID-19 benefit programs of more than $1 million was sentenced today to 100 months in prison for wire fraud and aggravated identity theft, announced U.S. Attorney Nick Brown. Bryan Alan Sparks, 42, was indicted for the fraud…
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From the U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Puerto Rico: SAN JUAN, P.R. – On May 17, 2023, a Federal Grand Jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned six separate indictments charging six individuals with engaging in fraud to obtainPandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) benefits totaling $350,616, announced W. Stephen Muldrow, United States Attorney for the…
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From the U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Puerto Rico: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – United States District Court Judge Pedro A. Delgado sentenced Gilberto J. Meléndez-Colón to two years and three months in prison for conspiracy to commit wire fraud. He was also ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $1,396,008.47. Meléndez-Colón pleaded guilty…
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From the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of Pennsylvania: PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that Ardavan Alamoutinia, 33, of Hummelstown, PA, and Aryanah Davison, 23, of Harrisburg, PA, were charged by Indictment with one count of conspiracy to commit wire and mail fraud, ten counts of mail fraud, one count of…
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From the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office: Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez today announced that an upstate New York man has been sentenced to 25 years to life in prison for killing his girlfriend, dismembering her body, and throwing it in the garbage so he could collect her Social Security benefits. The woman’s body was never…
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From the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of Louisiana: NEW ORLEANS – LINDA REED HILL (“HILL”), age 76, of Slidell, Louisiana, was sentenced on May 16, 2023 for Theft of Government Funds in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 641, announced United States Attorney Duane A. Evans. According to documents filed in federal…
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New York, New York – The free webinar, entitled “Holistic View of Special Needs Planning,” will provide comprehensive legal and financial insights for families with a loved one with special needs. Bernard A. Krooks is a renowned attorney with extensive experience in special needs planning, special needs trusts, and special education advocacy is New York.…
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From the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of Missouri: ST. LOUIS – A jury in U.S. District Court in St. Louis on Tuesday found a woman from Jefferson County, Missouri guilty on all 26 felony charges she faced for defrauding the Social Security Administration and private disability insurers with false disability claims. Elizabeth Guetersloh, 67, was…
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From the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Western District of Washington: Seattle – A former Washington State resident who now resides in Texas was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to 30 months in prison for Aggravated Identity Theft and Bank Fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Nick Brown. Jeanne Ang Rather, 51, was indicted in May…
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From the U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Massachusetts: BOSTON – A Stoughton man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to charges in connection with using the identifying information of another person to apply for a driver’s license and United States passport. Wilfrido Baez Villar, 49, pleaded guilty to one count of false representation…
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