Tag: Social Security Fraud
Identity Thief Raked in $114K Using Dead Man’s Social Security
⏱ 2 min read A notorious identity thief swiped more than $114,000 in Social Security benefits using a dead man’s identity, authorities say. Richard Warren Ralston, 69, of Mesa, Arizona, applied for retirement benefits in Auburn, California, using the identity of a man who died in 1965. The brazen scheme went undetected for over a…
Identity Thief Rakes in $114K in Fake Social Security
⏱ 2 min read A 69-year-old man from Arizona has been accused of pulling off a brazen identity theft scheme, posing as a dead man to swindle over $114,000 in Social Security benefits. Richard Warren Ralston, who lived in Auburn, California, at the time of the crime, submitted a fake application to the Social Security…
Valet Kingpin Parked in Prison for $895K Scam
NEW ROCHELLE, NY – James Pavlounis, the man who built a small parking empire on the backs of taxpayers, is trading in his keys for a prison jumpsuit. The 52-year-old owner of Select Parking Systems Inc. was sentenced to 37 months in federal lockup today after admitting to a brazen, decade-long scheme to defraud the…
Tijuana Woman Sentenced to 12 Months for Social Security Fraud
Tijuana woman sentenced to 12 months in prison for Social Security fraud, stealing her deceased mother’s benefits for 13 years. Learn more here.
Benefit & Tax Cheat Gets 37 Months
⏱ 3 min read James Pavlounis, 53, is trading his New Rochelle address for a federal prison cell after admitting to a decade-plus con. For 12 years, starting January 2013, Pavlounis pocketed $646,370 in bogus Social Security disability payments while secretly raking in cash from his valet parking business, Select Parking Systems Inc. – and…
