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Social Security Fraud

Cops: They Cashed In On Mom's Death For 30 Years

The Huffington Post | Ron Dicker | Posted 09.26.2012 | Home
Read More: Social Security Fraud, Wisconsin, Social Security, Charles Jost, Marie Jost, Money News, Portage County, Social Security Scam, Scams, Social Security Benefits, Ronald Disher, Video, Home News

Marie Jost of Wisconsin has been missing for 30 years. But that has not stopped relatives from allegedly cashing her Social Security checks, reports s...

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Police Take Out Dozens In Raid On Mexican Restaurant Chain

Reuters | Posted 11.24.2012 | Crime
Read More: Acapulco Mexican Restaurants, Video, Social Security Fraud, Social Security, Acapulco Restaurant, Mexican Restaurants Raided, Indiana, Reuters, Travis Thickstun, Indiana State Excise Police, Crime News

By Susan Guyett INDIANAPOLIS, Sept 24 (Reuters) - Indiana police arrested 38 suspects and began serving arrest warrants for more than ...

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Michael McAuliff

GOP Cut To Social Security Fraud Program Could Cost Billions

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 07.26.2012 | Politics
Read More: Video, Social Security Fraud, Social Security, Lloyd Doggett, Denny Rehberg, Social Security Republicans, Xavier Becerra, Stephen Goss, Social Security Disability Income, Social Security Actuary, Ssi, Social Security Disability Fraud, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- A Republican push to cut Social Security integrity efforts by $750 million could end up costing $6 billion in increased waste and fraud,...

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Texas Man Allegedly Steals $200k Cashing In Dead Mom's Social Security

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 07.03.2012 | Home
Read More: Texas, Social Security Administration, Video, Social Security Fraud, Social Security, Thomas Parkin, Crime, Kline Fisher Budd, Willie Mae Shaughnesy, Social Security Scam, Social Security Death, Social Security Benefits, Death, Home News

Willie Mae Shaughnesy died in 1984, according to Texas state records. But that didn't stop the government from sending her Social Security checks, and...

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Man Sentenced For Dressing As Dead Mom To Keep Her House, Collect Social Security

AP | COLLEEN LONG | Posted 05.21.2012 | Crime
Read More: Social Security Fraud, Irene Prusik, Thomas Parkin, Man Dressed as Mom, Thomas Parkin Sentenced, Real Estate Fraud, Thomas Parkin Fraud, Man Dressed as Mother, New York, Crime News

NEW YORK -- A man who dressed up as his mother in a bizarre real estate fraud that involved doctoring her death certificate and cashing her Social Sec...

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How A Man Faked His Own Death & Collected $400K

The Huffington Post | Kathleen Miles | Posted 05.16.2012 | Los Angeles
Read More: Social Security Fraud, Lucio Rodriguez Fake Death, Undocumented Immigrants, Fake-Death-to-Collect-Social-Security, Couple Faked Death, Undocumented Immigrant Fake Death, Santiago Carrasco and Rosa Carrasco, Immigration, Undocumented Immigrant Social Security, Lucio Rodriguez, Fake Death OC, So Cal Faked Death, Rosa Carrasco, Immigration Reform, Union Benefits Fraud, Santiago Carrasco, Faked Death, Fake Death in Mexico, Undocumented Immigrant Benefits, Los Angeles News

Santiago Carrasco brings a whole new meaning to the term "dead man walking." Carrasco and his wife Rosa pleaded guilty Tuesday to faking Santiago's...

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High School Student Wrongly Declared Dead, Says College Is On Hold

Posted 08.06.2012 | College
Read More: Harvard High School, Corbin Russell Social Security, Corbin Russell Dead, Social Security Fraud, Nebraska Schools, Student Loan Rejections, Student Loan Paperwork Errors, Majoring in Debt, Corbin Russell Student Loan, Corbin Russell High School Senior, Student Loans, Harvard Nebraska, Corbin Russell, College News

HARVARD, NE -- High school senior Corbin Russell's hope for a student loan turned into a fight for his life. This isn't the case for all. Russell, ...

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Republicans Target Social Security Fraud

AP | By ANDREW MIGA | Posted 11.21.2011 | Politics
Read More: Social Security Administration, Social Security Fraud, Video, Social Security, Linda Ann Weston, Linda Ann Weston Philadelphia, Social Security Check, House Ways and Means Committee, Social Security Check Fraud, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Fourteen Republicans on the House Ways and Means Committee want more scrutiny of how the Social Security Administration oversees benefit...

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Eleanor Goldberg

Why Thieves Are Stealing Childhood Cancer Victims' Identities

HuffingtonPost.com | Eleanor Goldberg | Posted 11.18.2011 | Impact
Read More: Social Security Administration, Video, Social Security Fraud, Liam Riley, Alexis Again, Maria Riley, Parents-Kids, Jonathan Agin, Childhood Social Security Fraud, Parents-Babies, Childhood Cancer, Parents-Toddlers, Impact News

After their 4-year-old daughter lost her valiant, 33-month fight to brain cancer, the Agins were overwhelmed with grief and medical bills. The mournin...

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3 Suspects Face New Charges In Philly Basement Captive Case

AP | By PATRICK WALTERS | Posted 12.28.2011 | Impact
Read More: Philadelphia Captive Case, Video, Social Security Fraud, Eddie Wright, Philadelphia, Jean McIntosh, District Attorney Seth Williams, Linda Weston, Beatrice Weston, Impact News

By PATRICK WALTERS, Associated Press PHILADELPHIA -- Three suspects arrested in an alleged Social Security fraud plot in which police say mentally ...

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Cops: Family Left 70-Year-Old Woman To Die After A Fall, Went Out For Pizza

Posted 11.07.2011 | Chicago
Read More: Bank Fraud, Elder Abuse, Social Security Fraud, Abuse, Hiding a Corpse, Pizza, Madison, Steven King, Pension Fraud, Fall, Reckless Homicide, Veronica King, Mary Coleman, Schizophrenia, 70-Year-Old Woman, Chicago News

After her 70-year-old sister fell, police allege that a Madison woman and her son left her on the floor without aid. When she died two days later as a...

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Grandmother Made $120,000 In Social Security Fraud Scheme

The Huffington Post | Dean Praetorius | Posted 05.29.2011 | Home
Read More: Social Security Fraud Grandmother, Mary Alice Austin, Social Security Fraud, Social Security, Mary Alice Austin Social Security Fraud, Mary Austin Fraud, Social Security Fraud and Grandmother, Mary Alice Austin Fraud, Home News

Mary Alice Austin wasn't exactly stealing from the rich and giving to the poor, but she was using the money to feed her five grandchildren. The 67-...

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Former Rhodes Scholar And Beauty Queen Pleads Guilty To Fraud In Alaska

AP | MARY PEMBERTON | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Witness Protection Fraud, Rachel Yould Beauty Queen, Rachel Yould Fraud, Social Security Fraud, Rachel Yould Social Security, Rachel Yould, Rachel Yould Rhodes, The West, Home News

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Rachel Yould is a former Rhodes scholar who took on a new identity under a federal program that helps rape and domestic viol...

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