Sentences with phrase «disability fraud»

This investigation found hundreds of cases of disability fraud in New York using a surprising tool: Facebook.

The matter pits the social networking giant against Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance over his demand for access to 381 Facebook accounts as part of his investigation into disability fraud among police officers, firefighters and other public employees.

About 600 LIRR retirees will lose their disability benefits after a federal agency voted last week to halt the payments following a sweeping investigation into what prosecutors have called a major disability fraud scheme.

The District Attorney's office ended up charging 106 people with disability fraud in early 2014.

Three convicted conspirators in the Long Island Rail Road disability fraud scandal who were sentenced to 8 years each in prison do not deserve to be resentenced despite new findings validating many of the disabilities, the government says in a new court filing.

If you believe that a person is committing disability fraud, the first step to make is to contact SSA.

However, when a representative payee uses the beneficiary's funds to meet their personal expenses, or puts the beneficiary's funds in their own personal account, or charges the beneficiary for managing their funds, or misuses the beneficiary's benefits in any other unreasonable way, they are liable for social security disability fraud.

If getting warrants for Facebook accounts becomes a common tactic for disability fraud, it's easy to imagine it spreading to other sorts of crimes as well.

I understand privacy settings, I'm careful about what I share online, and I don't plan on committing any sort of crime, let alone disability fraud, in the near future.

The following are the requirements for SSDI benefits, some of the forms of disability fraud, penalties, and the measures you can take to report the offense.

In 2013, Facebook was served with 381 warrants from Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. as part of an investigation into disability fraud.

A lawyer who fled after pleading guilty in a $ 550 million disability fraud scheme has been sentenced in absentia to 12 years in prison, the maximum.

Until those laws have been rewritten, however, lawbreakers should probably keep their disability fraud separate from their social networking accounts.

Disability fraud is actually quite rare, but a high profile case has brought it to the public's attention.

Looking for evidence of disability fraud, the district attorney for Manhattan (New York County), in July 2013 obtained 381 search warrants,...