Tag: Social Security Fraud
Jennifer Valley, Social Security Benefits Theft, Massachusetts 2022
⏱ 2 min read Jennifer Valley, a 51-year-old woman from Barre, Massachusetts, pleaded guilty to stealing over $100,000 in Social Security benefits from October 2022 to August 2025. Valley had been appointed as the representative payee for a beneficiary who had lived with her, but she failed to report the beneficiary’s death to the Social…
Leidy E. Otero, Social Security fraud, Massachusetts 2026
⏱ 2 min read Leidy E. Otero, a 43-year-old woman from Gardner, Massachusetts, pleaded guilty to Social Security fraud in federal court. Otero had been receiving Supplemental Security Income (SSI) disability benefits since 2011, but failed to report that her husband was living with her and earning an income that exceeded the SSI limits. This…
Leidy E. Otero, Social Security Benefits Fraud, Massachusetts 2025
⏱ 3 min read A brazen scheme to swindle nearly $200,000 in Social Security disability benefits from the government has landed a Gardner woman in hot water. Leidy E. Otero, 43, allegedly raked in $185,266 in benefits between 2015 and 2025, despite knowing she wasn’t entitled to them. Prosecutors say Otero concealed crucial information from…
Jennifer Valley, Social Security Benefits Theft, Massachusetts 2022
⏱ 2 min read A brazen case of Social Security theft has landed a 51-year-old Barre woman in hot water. Jennifer Valley allegedly swiped over $100,000 in retirement benefits between October 2022 and August 2025. According to the charges, Valley stole approximately $100,218 in benefits, leaving a trail of deceit in her wake. If convicted,…
Michele M. DiSalvo, Social Security fraud, Massachusetts 2026
⏱ 2 min read Michele M. DiSalvo, a 53-year-old Gardner woman, pleaded guilty to Social Security fraud in federal court in Worcester, Massachusetts. Between 2013 and 2023, DiSalvo falsely claimed to be separated from her husband to receive Supplemental Security Income (SSI) disability benefits. In reality, the couple lived together, making DiSalvo ineligible for the…
Kimberly Kay Brandt, Social Security Benefits Theft, California 2023
Tijuana woman sentenced to 12 months in prison for Social Security fraud, stealing her deceased mother’s benefits for 13 years. Learn more here.
James Pavlounis, $895K Scam, New Rochelle NY, 2023
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…
James Pavlounis, Social Security Disability Benefits Fraud, New York 2025
⏱ 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…
