$400,000in Social Security and VA benefits taken from rooming house tenants
A Washington, D.C. rooming house operator who became the Social Security payee for some of her tenants took more than $400,000 in Social Security and VA benefits between 2009 and 2020, and was sentenced to 32 months.
She pleaded guilty to mail fraud and false statements. She told investigators she had repaid a beneficiary when she had not.
Source: Social Security Administration, Office of the Inspector General. Read more: representative payee fraud · case file