Social Security and Disability Law

New York Man Pleads Guilty to Laundering Proceeds from Government Impostor Robocall Scam

September 19, 2022

From the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of California: SAN DIEGO – Jon J. Kahen of Great Neck, New York, pleaded guilty in federal court yesterday to four counts of money laundering in his role as a telecommunications company owner who facilitated and profited from the introduction of fraudulent robocall traffic into the United States.…

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New York Man Pleads Guilty to Laundering Proceeds from Government Impostor Robocall Scam

September 19, 2022

From the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of California: SAN DIEGO – Jon J. Kahen of Great Neck, New York, pleaded guilty in federal court yesterday to four counts of money laundering in his role as a telecommunications company owner who facilitated and profited from the introduction of fraudulent robocall traffic into the United States.…

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Cleveland Heights Man Sentenced to Prison and Ordered to Pay $177k in Restitution for Credit Card Fraud Scheme

September 16, 2022

From the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Northern District of Ohio: CLEVELAND – Carlos Dashawn Brown, 28, of Bowling Green and Cleveland Heights, Ohio, was sentenced on Wednesday, September 14, 2022, to 38 months in prison and ordered to pay $177,716.07 in restitution by U.S. District Judge Solomon Oliver Jr. after Brown pleaded guilty to the unauthorized…

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Citizen of Jamaica Sentenced to Prison for Defrauding Medicaid

September 16, 2022

From the U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Connecticut: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MARVEL JOHNSON, 50, a citizen of Jamaica residing in Derby, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to 12 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised…

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Dayton Woman Charged with Federal Crimes Related to Stealing Identities of Local Victims

September 14, 2022

From the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of Ohio: DAYTON, Ohio – A Dayton woman was arrested by federal agents this afternoon on charges alleging she has stolen the identities of several young women in the Dayton area and used those identities to commit various types of fraud. Tiffany Lewis, 29, appeared in U.S. District…

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Berwick Woman Pleads Guilty to Decade-Long Social Security Fraud and Housing Voucher Subsidy Fraud

September 13, 2022

From the U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Maine: PORTLAND, Maine: A Berwick woman pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Portland to Social Security fraud and theft of public money, U.S. Attorney Darcie N. McElwee announced. According to court records, from about March 2009 to February 2020, Andreanna Politano, 59, concealed the presence of…

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South Carolina Woman Sentenced in Social Security Fraud Scheme

September 12, 2022

From the U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of South Carolina: Columbia, South Carolina – Crystal Deveaux, 61, of Eastover, was sentenced to more than a year in federal prison after pleading guilty to theft of Government funds totaling of over $258,000.00. Evidence presented to the Court showed Deveaux unlawfully obtained Social Security Retirement Insurance Benefits (RIB)…

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Mingo County Woman Ordered to Pay Restitution For Federal Fraud Crimes

September 12, 2022

From the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of West Virginia: CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Diana Cisco, 70, of Delbarton, was ordered today to pay $46,356 in restitution for theft of government benefits and making materially false statements to federal agents. Cisco was also placed on probation for five years, with the first six months to be…

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Man Sentenced for Misuse of Social Security Number

September 12, 2022

From the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of Iowa: COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA – Eric Jimenez Del Carmen, age 39, a Mexican citizen who resided in Denison, was sentenced on Wednesday, September 7, 2022, to 21 months in prison following his plea to a charge of misuse of social security number. In November 2019, Del Carmen…

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Fairhope Man Pleads Guilty to Over $1.2 Million in PPP Fraud

September 12, 2022

From the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of Alabama: MOBILE, AL – Jason Carl Pears of Fairhope, Alabama, pleaded guilty to two counts of wire fraud and one count of money laundering before United States District Judge Terry F. Moorer on August 26, 2022. The guilty plea arises from Pears’ abuse of assistance programs provided…

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