From the Sacramento Bee:
A longtime Social Security Administration employee has been sentenced to four years and nine months in prison for her participation in an immigration fraud conspiracy. ...
Nelli Kesoyan, 46, of Rancho Cordova was sentenced Friday in federal court in Sacramento for conspiring to make false statements in a matter related to naturalization and citizenship and to obstruct, impede, or influence a pending agency proceeding, and for falsifying government records, according to a U.S. Attorney's Office news release. She was convicted in January following a four-day jury trial. ...
Evidence was presented during Kesoyan's trial that she had abused her position as a claims representative with the Social Security Administration in Sacramento by creating false documents and falsifying government records in an attempt to help Movsesyan commit fraud in two naturalization applications. ...
What was local SSA office management doing concerning this employee during this investigation? Did they check into other possible violations or questionable actions? Reduce or stop her access to SSA systems? Suspend her pending the results of any investigations? Was any local SSA management investigated by SSA or other party for their role in their own lack of security or investigation or taking needed action that allowed for this employee to abuse her position as a claims representative?
ReplyDeleteThis case has gone on for several years:
See https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/USCOURTS-caed-2_15-cr-00236/pdf/USCOURTS-caed-2_15-cr-00236-2.pdf
https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/granule/USCOURTS-caed-2_15-cr-00236/USCOURTS-caed-2_15-cr-00236-6/content-detail.html
Also see order filed 3/8/18 concerning her credibility, assets, questionable financial dealings, and status as a flight risk:
https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/USCOURTS-caed-2_15-cr-00236/pdf/USCOURTS-caed-2_15-cr-00236-25.pdf