The New York Times has an update on the prosecutions in the alleged scheme by 136 people to defraud Social Security by feigning mental disability. None of these cases have gone to trial. Eighty-seven of the accused have pleaded guilty to grand larceny and most of those were given probation in return for promising to return the money. Charges against eight were recently dismissed at the request of the District Attorney since those individuals might actually have been mentally ill.
2 comments:
I truly feel bad for those who were wrongly accused. Can they recover through a civil suit? Just curious...
@ 7:23.
Oh give me a break. Cops shouldn't even been eligible for SS benefits, given that they already receive disability retirement which in most cases matches their former salaries. Giving them SS on top of that is just wrong, when there are millions of people who have absolutely nothing.
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