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Iowa woman pleads guilty after banking more than $328,000 in dead mother's Social Security checks
https://vtdigger.org/2024/05/17/iowa-woman-pleads-guilty-after-banking-more-than-328000-in-dead-mothers-social-security-checks/Iowa woman pleads guilty after banking more than $328,000 in dead mother’s Social Security checks
VTDigger / by Alan J. Keays / May 17, 2024 at 5:04 PM
BURLINGTON — An Iowa woman has pleaded guilty to illegally collecting hundreds of thousands of dollars from Social Security checks intended for her mother, a Brattleboro resident who died in 1994.
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Judge Christina Reiss ordered Woods detained pending the sentencing hearing, citing her lack of permanent housing. Woods had been living in Waterloo, Iowa, prior to her arrest in the case in 2023.
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The Social Security Administration continued to make the monthly payments, which increased over time to $1,280, for nearly three decades, according to court filings. The agency learned of Styles’ death in 2022.
Court records do not provide any explanation of why it took the Social Security Administration so many years to learn of Styles’ death.
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VTDigger / by Alan J. Keays / May 17, 2024 at 5:04 PM
BURLINGTON — An Iowa woman has pleaded guilty to illegally collecting hundreds of thousands of dollars from Social Security checks intended for her mother, a Brattleboro resident who died in 1994.
[...]
Judge Christina Reiss ordered Woods detained pending the sentencing hearing, citing her lack of permanent housing. Woods had been living in Waterloo, Iowa, prior to her arrest in the case in 2023.
[...]
The Social Security Administration continued to make the monthly payments, which increased over time to $1,280, for nearly three decades, according to court filings. The agency learned of Styles’ death in 2022.
Court records do not provide any explanation of why it took the Social Security Administration so many years to learn of Styles’ death.
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