Social Security judge accused of disability scheme

[alp227]

Source: AP

WASHINGTON (AP) — A retired Social Security judge in West Virginia collaborated with a lawyer to improperly award disability benefits to hundreds of applicants, according to a report released Monday by congressional investigators.

The report accuses retired administrative law Judge David B. Daugherty of scheming with lawyer Eric C. Conn to approve more than 1,800 cases from 2006 to 2010.

"By 2011, Mr. Conn and Judge Daugherty had collaborated on a scheme that enabled the judge to approve, in assembly-line fashion, hundreds of clients for disability benefits using manufactured medical evidence," said the report by the staff of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.

Conn runs a law firm specializing in disability cases in Stanville, Ky., near the West Virginia border. Daugherty, who was a judge based in Huntington, W.Va., retired in 2011 after questions were raised about his relationship with Conn, the report said.

Read more: http://bigstory.ap.org/article/social-security-judge-accused-disability-scheme

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Wall Street Journal article from 2011 investigating the judge and lawyer: Disability-Claim Judge Has Trouble Saying 'No'

[Joel thakkar]

1. Good

we need to tune up the system and throw away liars and misusers.

[kestrel91316]

2. Probably another 1%er not content with the riches he already has......

[angel123]

3. but, they want government out their lives!

this is west virginia, not a corrupt area.

[Tx4obama]

4. Last night on 60 MINUTES they talked about this in their first segment.

[dixiegrrrrl]

5. That means every application has to be reviewed

at least it would mean that in a normal world.
Dunno about this alternate reality we seem to be living in.

[Shrike47]

6. Hmmm, the attorney was "Mr. Conn". Very suspicious!

[RiverNoord]

7. SSDI kept me alive for several years

while I struggled with a severely debilitation condition. The subject of the death penalty is a difficult one for me, because of the substantial number of accused wrongly convicted and sentenced. However, in cases such as this, I think I could quite comfortably live with it. F@&king rotten scum-sucking defrauding bastards.