Alleged Social Security Fraud In Florida Appears To Involve Non-Attorney Reps And DDS Employee

From the Miami Herald:

Federal authorities today broke up a Miami-Dade County ring that schemed to defraud $2 million in disability benefits from the Social Security Administration, the U.S. attorney's office said.

A federal grand jury returned 25 indictments that accused 34 local residents of participating in the conspiracy, allegedly masterminded by an employee with a state disability agency and a consulting benefits business.

The alleged ringleaders were identified as Carlos Barker, an employee with the Florida Office of Disability Determination Services, and Migdalia Interian and Yoanka Interian of Benefits Consultants of Florida.

They're charged with preparing and filing fraudulent disability applications to the Social Security Administration over the past decade, according to the indictment. They kept the first benefit payments for their work, then the bogus beneficiaries received monthly disability payments.

The 34 defendants, according to court documents, were born between 1938 and 1972.
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