From the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of California: SAN DIEGO – Donald Felix Zampach of Poway pleaded guilty in federal court today to money laundering and social security fraud, admitting that he fraudulently concealed his mother’s death for decades and that he received and then laundered hundreds of thousands of dollars in government benefits…

Download a PDF of this Press Release When the Social Security Administration (SSA) limited in-person services during the COVID-19 pandemic, customers relied on SSA’s telephone system for critical services – but the system often failed them, according to SSA Office of the Inspector General’s (OIG) June 21, 2023, report The Social Security Administration’s Telephone Service…

From the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of California: FRESNO, Calif. — Ray Brewer, 66, of Porterville, and Sheridan, Montana, was sentenced today to six years and nine months in prison for running a multimillion-dollar fraud scheme where he purported to turn cow manure into green energy, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced. According to…

From the U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Maine: PORTLAND, Maine: A Livermore Falls man pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Portland to Social Security fraud, health care fraud and theft of public money. According to court records, from January 2017 through December 2020, Rick V. Greene, 56, concealed self-employed work and assets from…

From the U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of South Dakota: PIERRE – United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced today that Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange, U.S. District Court, has sentenced an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, woman convicted of Concealment of Information from the Supplemental Social Security Income Program. The sentencing took place on June 12,…

From the U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of New Mexico: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, announced today that Marylynn Harry was sentenced to 5 years unsupervised probation and ordered to pay $551,436.00 in restitution to the Social Security Administration (SSA). Harry, 63, of Crownpoint, New Mexico,…

From the U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Massachusetts: BOSTON – A Lynn woman has pleaded guilty to stealing over $50,000 in Social Security benefits. Teresa M. Carrington, 65, pleaded guilty on May 31, 2023 to one count of theft of public funds. U.S. District Court Judge Denise J. Casper scheduled sentencing for Aug. 29, 2023.…

From the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of Indiana: INDIANAPOLIS- A federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Rochelle Perry, 49, of Indianapolis, Indiana, with five counts of Social Security number fraud, three counts of aggravated identity theft, and one count of Social Security disability benefits fraud. The indictment was unsealed today, following Perry’s…

On May 24, 2023, Jeffrey Brown, Deputy Assistant Inspector General, Office of Audits, Social Security Administration (SSA) Office of the Inspector General (OIG), testified before the United States House Committee on Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee hearing on SSA’s role in combatting identity fraud. “The Social Security number (SSN) has essentially become the cornerstone…

From the U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Puerto Rico: SAN JUAN, P.R. – On May 17, 2023, a Federal Grand Jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned six separate indictments charging six individuals with engaging in fraud to obtainPandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) benefits totaling $350,616, announced W. Stephen Muldrow, United States Attorney for the…