Seattle family sentenced for faking child’s disability
Three members of one family were sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to prison time for a scheme to...
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LIRR disability cheats being offered amnesty to confess
Railroad retirees who faked disability claims in order to get more lucrative pensions from the country’s second-largest commuter rail system would...
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FBI says 10 more charged in N.Y. rail pensions case
The FBI says 10 more workers are charged in New York’s alleged Long Island Rail Road disability pension scam. FBI spokesman...
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A closer look at factors that enable disability fraud
We were inspired by Climateer Investing’s summary of the econoblogosphere’s ongoing analysis of the increasing level of disability fraud in the...
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Long Island Railroad sweep nets 10 more suspects
A prosecutor said on Friday that about 10 more people would be charged in what the government has called a huge...
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Kan. woman collects disability while working for govt
A Leavenworth woman who collected more than $100,000 in government benefit payments — while working for the government — has pleaded...
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Lt. Gov’s son denies faking $20K workplace disability
Mark Owen, formerly from Shelton and son of Lt. Gov. Brad Owen was in court today. He pleaded not guilty to...
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For 17 years, Ore. man got disability while playing golf
For 17 years, the Social Security Administration sent disability payments to a Bend real estate man who worked long hours, played...
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Ex-director of N.H. music group sentenced for disability
The former director of the Spartans Drum & Bugle Corps will serve 18 months of home confinement for defrauding the government...
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N.Y. railroad disability case may indict 11 more people
The feds are weighing charges against “a bunch” of additional LIRR retirees for allegedly scamming disability pensions, a prosecutor revealed yesterday....
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