Former Lawmaker Pleads Guilty To Social Security Fraud
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Raymond E. Salva, a former Democratic member of the Missouri House of Representatives, has pleaded guilty to illegally taking $58,816 in federal disability payments while he was working as a state legislator earning $30,000 a year, according to the Office of the Inspector General of the Social Security Administration. ...
In May 2003, about five months after he started working as a state representative, the SSA conducted a review to find out whether Salva was still eligible for disability payments. “As part of that review, Salva completed a form in which he affirmed that he was not able to return to work and that he had not done any work since being disabled,” reads a press release from the SSA’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG). ...
A Democrat...no way!
ReplyDeleteThis must have been a republican plot to elect a democrat on disability, then use that elected job as justification to terminate his disability benefits. Although his "work" as a state legislator might not rise to the level of SGA, the income received is sufficient to stop payments. I wonder if the CR handling this case explored "special considerations" and subsidies that might justify continuation of benefits? Will this fraudster serve time in jail for his crime? Also note that this review was done in 2003, 10 years ago! Yes, another great example of SSA's and the governments efforts to deter fraud in disability payments.
ReplyDelete...still waiting on the punch line.
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