Frank Lucas, who once ran a billion-dollar business smuggling heroin before going straight, could go to jail for bilking the U.S. government out of $17,300.
Now 81 and ailing, Lucas was charged with theft by deception after he allegedly told the U.S. Treasury he lost a Social Security check with funds earmarked for his 15-year-old son and asked for a duplicate, prosecutors said.
Wow - 81 with a 15 year old son? Someone has Viagra.
ReplyDeleteThere has to be more to this story. He would have never received a check for $17,300. The lost check would have likely been the standard monthly check, probably around $700, or possibly a past due benefit check, which would probably have only been for a few thousand dollars since SSA sends large past-due benefits in multiple smaller checks.
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