Missouri Woman Sentenced for Social Security Fraud

A woman was recently accused of Social Security fraud in Missouri, allegedly taking $48,133 over the course of several years. Unfortunately, it is very likely that it will take some time before the woman can pay back the money she took from the Social Security Administration (SSA).

According to infoZine.com, a 51-year-old woman pleaded guilty in October 2009 to repeatedly using someone else's Social Security number to receive disability payments. In 1997, she used an alias to obtain benefits, eventually returning to work from 2004 to 2008 without notifying the SSA.

In order to hide the fact that she was working from the SSA, she used the Social Security numbers of five people while working for three employers and repeatedly lied to SSA investigators about her work status.

She pleaded guilty to theft of government money and misusing a Social Security number that was assigned to someone else, and was sentenced by a U.S. District Judge to 2 years and 3 months of federal imprisonment. She will not have the benefit of parole, and she will also need to pay back the more than $48,000 that she stole.

These types of case, while rare, do represent a challenge to qualified disabled individuals who already face staggeringly long wait times to collect the Social Security benefits that they rightfully deserve.

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