May 16, 2008

Fraud Alleged On Long Island

From the Associated Press:
A Long Island man with a six-figure salary is charged with collecting nearly $300,000 in disability and Social Security benefits he didn't deserve. ...

Chathapuram Kumar ... faces up to 15 years in prison after filing claims in 2004 that he was suffering from "Post-Polio" syndrome, which he said prevented him from working.

Prosecutors say he was seen going to work as a consultant at an information-technology firm in 2006, where he earned $168,000 a year.
I wish they would not put "post-polio syndrome" in quotes. It is a very real malady.

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