Montana man, employer plead guilty to disability fraud
A 61-year-old Philipsburg man has pleaded guilty to Social Security disability fraud, and his former employer has acknowledged helping him. The...
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N.Y. worker gets probation for $85K fake disability
A former St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corp. employee was sentenced Thursday in U.S. District Court, Utica, to three years’ federal probation...
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California woman dances her way into disability arrest
Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones today announced that Adure Renee Velazquez, 35, of Sacramento, has been arrested by detectives from the California...
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Calif. DMV worker convicted of faking disability for pay
A former state employee faces up to two years in prison after a Sacramento jury convicted her of fraud and lying...
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California trio indicted for $360K fake disability scheme
Three people, including an employee of California’s Employment Development Department, have been indicted for defrauding the state out of more than...
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Md. worker convicted of opening salon while ‘disabled’
A former postal worker in Maryland has been convicted on two counts of making false statements in order to obtain federal...
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Feds probe Chicago cops’ massive disability scheme
The grand jury issued a subpoena Monday to Chicago’s police pension board, demanding virtually all of its records on disabled police...
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N.Y. man forged doc’s notes to continue “disability”
A Lockport man pleaded guilty today in Niagara County Court to forging notes from a doctor to keep disability checks coming...
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“Disabled” Ind. woman accused of working for 3 years
Indiana State Police say a Jefferson County woman was collecting disability benefits while she was employed full-time for more than three...
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Two more plead guilty in LIRR pension fraud case
Two more Long Island Rail Road retirees pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court in Manhattan to filing phony disability claims with...
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