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Dec 2, 2013

Former Social Security Employee Sentenced

     From the Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
A former Social Security Administration employee, who charged a fee to elderly and disabled people seeking income assistance to speed their claims, was sent to prison Monday.
Cordell Fleming, a former claims representative in Morrow, was sentenced to one day and one year in prison, after pleading guilty to extortion in August. The sentence also requires three years of supervised release, 120 hours of community service and full restitution of the illegally obtained funds.
It is not clear exactly how much money Fleming got, but an investigation found that from October 2012 to April 2013, he extorted and attempted to extort money from at least nine Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipients or their representatives. The amounts ranged from $500 to $1,800.

2 comments:

  1. what a buffoon. i don't know how he really thought he could get away with this. plus he does not work at DDS so "speeding" the claim does not guarantee favorable decisions.

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  2. Probably slapped critical/dire need labels onto the case w/ bogus rationale in the e-file is my guess.

    That would cause possible expedite once at ODAR.

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