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Somerset County Man Admits Stealing more than $600,000 in Federal Benefits Meant for His Deceased Father (www.justice.gov)

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According to documents filed in this case and statements made in court:

Steven Jones’ father received several federal retirement benefits before he died in October 2004. After Jones’s father died, Jones intentionally falsified his father’s death certificate so that the federal agencies would continue to issue the retirement benefits. On two occasions, Jones had a person impersonate his father to a federal agency so that the agency would think his father was still alive and continue payments. The investigation revealed that Jones unlawfully collected these payments for nearly 20 years, from October 2004 to December 2023.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

So about $30k/year? Nothing to sneeze at but 20 years and barely enough for a house is kinda meh.