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Man Guilty of Social Security Fraud

  By jellybellyhoo | March 26, 2011 - 7:41 pm |
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A Ceres man has pleaded guilty to Social Security fraud. The man was collecting and cashing checks of a deceased woman.

Charles Francis Sheppard, 56, of Ceres, pleaded guilty Monday to theft of government property, according to U.S. Attorney Benjamin Wagner.

According to the plea agreement, from 1988 to 2009, Mr. Sheppard received the Social Security retirement benefits of a legitimate recipient who had died in 1988.

Mr. Sheppard was on the deceased’s death certificate as the person to be notified. As such, he identified the deceased and provided her personal information to the county recorder who issued the certificate of death.

The Social Security Administration was not informed of the death and its checks kept on coming – and Mr. Sheppard kept on cashing them, prosecutors say.

The government says he could have gotten as much as $400,000 this way.

Mr. Sheppard is scheduled to be sentenced on Aug. 1, when he could face a maximum penalty for theft of… continue reading

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Another Senator Defends Social Security

  By jellybellyhoo | March 13, 2011 - 8:51 pm |
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U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal has become another person to come out in defense of Social Security. Blumenthal has joined the Defending Social Security Caucus along with other senators.

U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) has joined the Defending Social Security Caucus, a group of senators dedicated to strengthening Social Security and protecting the program from efforts to reduce or eliminate benefits.

The program currently benifits millions of seniors across America, including more than 600,000 retired workers in Connecticut.

The caucus will meet with retirees, groups of workers and those with disabilities to combat attempts to privatize or shrink Social Security, and to determine the best course of action to ensure that this program is available for future generations.

“I am excited to join the Defending Social Security Caucus to continue my work to make sure that these promises made to Connecticut’s seniors are not broken,” Blumenthal said. “I look forward to working with my colleagues to strengthen and protect this vital program.”

Blumenthal, a longtime advocate for the preservation and strengthening of Social Security, is a member of… continue reading

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Oregon Employee Information Leaked

  By jellybellyhoo | February 22, 2011 - 6:19 pm |
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The confidential information of around 550 Oregon employees has accidentally been leaked. The thumb drive with the information showed up in Madras.

A computer data storage device containing confidential payroll information for nearly 550 Oregon Department of Corrections employees turned up in Madras — a security breach that potentially affects at least one in 10 DOC employees, officials said Wednesday.

A person who came into possession of the portable device, known as a flash drive or thumb drive, notified the agency Jan. 27 about the security breach, DOC spokeswoman Jeanine Hohn said.

The device contained payroll reports from Warner Creek Correctional Facility in Lakeview, Deer Ridge Correctional Institution in Madras and Shutter Creek Correctional Institution in North Bend.

The reports held personal information about fewer than 550 staff members, including names and pay-stub data, Hohn said. The agency employs about 4,500 people statewide.

More seriously, about 300 of those employees also had their Social Security numbers listed in the payroll reports. Only employees at Warner Creek and Deer Ridge potentially had… continue reading

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