Dec 25, 2018
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Dec 23, 2018
Another Big Inside Job
From the Sacramento Bee:
A West Sacramento man is accused of taking part in a scheme that defrauded the Social Security Administration of more than $450,000, according to the U.S. attorney’s office.
A federal grand jury Thursday returned a 13-count indictment against Eric Lemoyne Willis, 42, of West Sacramento, and Darron Dimitri Ross, 33, of Charlotte, North Carolina, said the U.S. attorney’s office in a press release. They have been charged with conspiracy to defraud and commit crimes against the United States, theft of government property, aggravated identity theft and wire fraud.
According to the release, Willis worked as a Social Security Administration operation supervisor in Sacramento and Lodi from 2015 to 2018. During this time, Willis accessed private information of Social Security beneficiaries who used direct deposit for large benefit sums, officials said.
Willis gave this information to Ross in North Carolina, where Ross set up fake bank accounts with the stolen identities, according to the U.S. attorney. Ross then called the Social Security Administration and attempted to transfer benefit deposits from the original bank accounts to the fraudulent accounts he established using the beneficiaries’ private information.
How Long Does It Take To Resolve Simple Social Security Mistakes? A Long, Long Time
From CBS Chicago:
Days after a suburban man’s mother died, he noticed large withdrawals from her bank account.
Tim Carlberg feels beaten down by his almost four month battle with the Social Security Administration.
Less than ten days after his 89-year-old mother died in August, someone from the social security office electronically swooped in and withdrew five payments from her bank account. The problem is, they were only supposed to take back one payment, from the month she died. ...
Instead, social security withdrew $7,028 more than owed. They did it all within three days.
Carlberg says he noticed the withdrawals almost immediately and called social security. An employee acknowledged the wrong date of death had been recorded. ...
“I thought everything was taken care of the first time I talked to somebody, but here we are three months later,” Carlberg said.
Dozens of phone calls, hours of headaches and several form submissions later, Carlberg still has no refund.
“We can’t get any answers. That’s the biggest frustration. Nobody seems to know, and then they don’t let you talk to anybody to get the answers. And then it changes,” Carlberg said. ...
Dec 22, 2018
Rep Payee Steals $516,000
Lorene Deanda has been arrested in Sacramento, California. Deanda worked for a charitable agency. She served as representative payee for a number of Social Security recipients who couldn't handle their own money. Deanda is alleged to have stolen $516,000 from bank accounts set up for the claimants.
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