Pizza, then handcuffs. Police catch Eric Conn as he leaves restaurant in Honduras.

[Judi Lynn]

BY BILL ESTEP
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DECEMBER 05, 2017 01:06 PM



After making and stealing millions of dollars handling federal disability cases and fleeing to avoid prison, former high-flying Eastern Kentucky lawyer Eric C. Conn had his last meal as a free man at a Pizza Hut before police caught him.

The FBI confirmed Tuesday that police arrested Conn on Saturday, six months to the day since he absconded after a meeting in Lexington on June 2.

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Conn, who lived in Pikeville and had an office in Floyd County, represented thousands of people in claims for disability benefits before pleading guilty in March to stealing from the government and to bribing a Social Security judge.

Conn admitted putting false evidence of clients’ disabilities in their claims, paying doctors to sign forms without performing real examinations, and giving more than $600,000 in cash to the judge, David B. Daugherty.

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http://www.kentucky.com/news/state/article188133589.html

Posted by DU'er Eugene in LBN:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10141930990

[dixiegrrrrl]

1. damn...every single one of his clients could lose their benefits, even valid claims.

Not that he cares.