Loveland女子用两个社保号骗领近25万美元福利近17年：获刑6个月并须全额赔偿
美国司法部科罗拉多区联邦检察官办公室宣布，来自科罗拉多州 Loveland 的 Antoinette Vazquez Cobain 于10月20日被判处6个月联邦监禁，其后3年监督释放，并须向社会保障局 SSA 赔偿33,159.48美元、向 Loveland 住房管理局赔偿214,144美元。此前她已就一项电汇欺诈罪认罪。
根据认罪协议与量刑听证确认的事实，约在2007年12月至2024年8月间，Vazquez Cobain 同时从社会保障局与住房和城市发展部 HUD 的 Section 8 住房选择券计划（经 Loveland 住房管理局发放）不当领取款项。她使用一个社会安全号码领取福利，同时使用第二个社会安全号码工作并隐瞒资产。
科罗拉多区联邦检察官 Peter McNeilly 表示，滥用政府项目牟取私利是严重犯罪，会减少本应留给真正需要者的资源。住房和城市发展部 HUD 监察长办公室负责探员 Machelle Jindra 表示，这不是一时失误，而是持续多年的蓄意欺诈，涉案金额近25万美元。案件由社会保障局监察长办公室与 HUD 监察长办公室调查，联邦地区法官 Nina Y. Wang 主持量刑。
Loveland Woman Sentenced for Nearly $250,000 in Social Security and Housing Fraud
The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Colorado announced that Antoinette Vazquez Cobain, 67, of Loveland, Colorado, was sentenced on October 20 to six months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release, plus $33,159.48 in restitution to the Social Security Administration and $214,144.00 in restitution to the Loveland Housing Authority, after pleading guilty to one count of wire fraud.
According to the plea agreement and facts established at sentencing, from about December 2007 until August 2024, Vazquez Cobain wrongfully obtained payments from both the Social Security Administration and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program via the Loveland Housing Authority. She used one Social Security number to obtain benefits and a second Social Security number to work and conceal assets.
U.S. Attorney for the District of Colorado Peter McNeilly said abusing government programs for personal gain is a serious crime that reduces resources meant for people who really need them. HUD Office of Inspector General Special Agent in Charge Machelle Jindra said the scheme, totaling almost $250,000, was a calculated and sustained effort over many years. The case was investigated by the Social Security Administration and HUD Offices of Inspector General. U.S. District Judge Nina Y. Wang presided over the sentencing.
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