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Judi Lynn

(160,545 posts) Thu Jun 7, 2018, 03:48 PM Jun 2018

Former Kentucky lawyer in $550m fraud pleads guilty after escape

Reuters
June 04. 2018 11:20PM

A disbarred Kentucky lawyer who called himself "Mr. Social Security" faces 27 years in prison after he pleaded guilty on Monday to charges stemming from his role in a $550 million disability fraud scheme and decision to flee to Honduras.

Eric Conn, who ran one of the largest disability practices in the United States, entered his plea in federal court in Lexington, Ky., to three counts, including conspiracy to defraud the United States and conspiracy to escape.

He had pleaded guilty in March 2017 to charges stemming from the fraud scheme, but he fled in June before his sentencing. U.S. District Judge Danny Reeves subsequently sentenced him in absentia to 12 years in prison.

Conn was arrested in December at a Pizza Hut in La Ceiba, Honduras, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

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What about the people who participated in the scheme to get the benefits too? That is, SWBTATTReg Jun 2018 #1

SWBTATTReg

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1. What about the people who participated in the scheme to get the benefits too? That is,

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Thu Jun 7, 2018, 05:17 PM

Jun 2018

did he make up the people too (all fake) that were claiming the benefits, or, did these people also participate in this scheme?

If so, are these people going to have to repay these illegal social security benefits?

I'm not sure how this is handled by social security. Perhaps someone in DU land is.

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