Social Security and Disability Law

Tampa Woman Pleads Guilty To Identity Theft, Passport And Food Stamp Fraud

September 12, 2023

From the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Middle District of Florida Orlando, Florida – United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that Nilda Medina-Veguilla (38, Tampa) has pleaded guilty to making false statements in an application for a United States passport, aggravated identity theft, and theft of government property. Medina faces a maximum penalty of 10 years…

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St. Louis County Mother, Son Accused of Disability Fraud

September 7, 2023

From the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of Missouri ST. LOUIS – A St. Louis County, Missouri mother and her son were indicted this week in U.S. District Court in St. Louis and accused of defrauding the Supplemental Security Income Program with false claims of a mental disability. Gino Rives, 35, of Edmundson, appeared in…

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Texas Woman Admits to Decades-long Use of Stolen Identity

August 29, 2023

From the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of Texas LAREDO, Texas – A 52-year-old resident of Laredo has entered a guilty plea to passport fraud and aggravated identity theft, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani. Elizabeth Ann Berbel is also known as Ana Elizabeth Gomez-Garcia, Ana Elizabeth Gomez Garcia, Ana Elizabeth Gomez, Anna Elizabeth Gomez…

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Two Indicted for Fentanyl Conspiracy

August 28, 2023

From the U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Massachusetts BOSTON – Two New Bedford men have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Boston in connection with a conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute fentanyl. One defendant was also charged with misuse of a Social Security number and aggravated identity theft.  Yohenry…

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Etna Man Found Guilty of Using Deceased Brother’s Identity for Decades

August 22, 2023

From the U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Maine BANGOR – An Etna man was found guilty on Friday, August 18 of one count of identity theft, two counts of passport fraud, two counts of Social Security fraud and one count of mail fraud following a two-day trial before Judge John A. Woodcock, Jr. in U.S.…

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Individual Pleads Guilty to False Identity Crime

August 17, 2023

From the U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Massachusetts BOSTON – An individual pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston in connection with fraudulently using the identity of a U.S. citizen. Alexander Villalona Diaz, 37, previously of Lawrence, pleaded guilty to one count of false representation of a Social Security number and one count of aggravated…

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Increase in 2023 Veterans Disability Compensation Rates

August 16, 2023
Law News Today

David W. Magann Social Security Disability Tampa, FL (Law Firm Newswire) February 14, 2023 – The Social Security Administration (SSA) announced a cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) that will impact nearly 70 million Americans. The record increase of 8.7 percent adds benefits per check for the average retiree. In addition, disabled veterans with a VA rating of…

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Increase in 2023 Veterans Disability Compensation Rates

August 16, 2023
Law News Today

David W. Magann Social Security Disability Tampa, FL (Law Firm Newswire) February 14, 2023 – The Social Security Administration (SSA) announced a cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) that will impact nearly 70 million Americans. The record increase of 8.7 percent adds benefits per check for the average retiree. In addition, disabled veterans with a VA rating of…

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Plainfield Man Sentenced to Over 3 Years in Federal Prison for $1.5 Million Identity Theft Scheme

August 10, 2023

From the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of Indiana INDIANAPOLIS- Vimalkumar Trivedi, 41, of Plainfield, Indiana, has been sentenced to 46 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to the possession of false identity documents and operating an unlicensed money transfer business. According to court documents, from April 2017 through April 1, 2021, Trivedi defrauded…

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Pittsburgh Resident Indicted on a Charge of Theft of Funds From the Social Security Administration

August 9, 2023

From the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Western District of Pennsylvania: PITTSBURGH, PA – A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of theft of funds from the Social Security Administration, United States Attorney Eric G. Olshan announced today. The one-count Indictment named Theodore George Mills, 40,…

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