加州圣迭戈县前警员认罪：隐瞒前同事死亡、九年冒领近30万美元联邦福利
美国司法部加州南区联邦检察官办公室11月4日宣布，加州圣迭戈县 El Cajon 市的 Ivan Alonso Rodriguez 在联邦法院认罪，承认他未向政府报告一名前同事的死亡，并把本应属于逝者的近30万美元联邦福利占为己有。
Rodriguez 与逝者（法庭文件中以 R.J.W. 指称）曾同在圣迭戈海军基地（Naval Base San Diego）安保部门担任警员，直至 R.J.W. 退休。据认罪协议，R.J.W. 在2013年指定 Rodriguez 为其生前信托的唯一受托人，授予他处理事务的授权书，并把他加为接收社会保障局（SSA）与人事管理局退休金付款的银行账户共同签署人。
2016年，R.J.W. 在墨西哥下加利福尼亚州（Baja California）去世。Rodriguez 得知死讯后，既未向政府报告，也未通知银行。社会保障局与人事管理局因此继续发放本应在 R.J.W. 去世时停发的款项。从2016年5月到2025年9月，Rodriguez 领取了逾20万美元退休保险福利、85,000美元联邦雇员退休制度福利，以及3,200美元经济影响付款，全部本应属于 R.J.W.。Rodriguez 在认罪协议中承认，他把这笔被盗的公共资金转作己用。
Rodriguez 定于2027年2月12日上午8时30分在联邦地区法官 Jinsook Ohta 面前量刑，本案案号为26-CR-04295-JO。其所认的收受、隐瞒与保留被盗公共资金罪最高可判10年监禁，并处25万美元罚款或犯罪总收益、总损失两倍的罚款（取较高者）。本案由特别助理联邦检察官 Jeffrey D. Hill 起诉，社会保障局监察长办公室参与调查。（来源：美国司法部）
Former San Diego-Area Police Officer Admits Pocketing Nearly $300,000 in a Dead Coworker's Benefits
The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of California announced on November 4 that Ivan Alonso Rodriguez of El Cajon, in San Diego County, California, pleaded guilty in federal court, admitting that he failed to report the death of a former coworker to the government and pocketed almost $300,000 in federal benefits intended for the deceased man.
Rodriguez and the deceased coworker, identified in court documents as R.J.W., had worked together as police officers at the Naval Base San Diego Security Department until R.J.W.'s retirement. In his plea agreement, Rodriguez admitted that in 2013, R.J.W. designated him as the sole trustee of his living trust, gave him power of attorney over his affairs, and added him as a co-signatory to the bank account where R.J.W. was receiving retirement benefit payments from the Social Security Administration and the Office of Personnel Management.
In 2016, R.J.W. died in Baja California, Mexico, and despite receiving news of the death, Rodriguez did not report it to either the government or the bank. The Social Security Administration and the Office of Personnel Management therefore continued making payments that would otherwise have ceased at R.J.W.'s death. From May 2016 through September 2025, Rodriguez received more than $200,000 in Retirement Insurance Benefits, $85,000 in Federal Employees Retirement System benefits, and $3,200 in Economic Impact Payments intended to benefit R.J.W., and admitted converting the stolen public money to his own use.
Rodriguez is scheduled to be sentenced on February 12, 2027, at 8:30 a.m. before U.S. District Judge Jinsook Ohta, in case number 26-CR-04295-JO. The offense of receipt, concealment and retention of stolen public money carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine or twice the gross gain or loss, whichever is greater. The case was prosecuted by Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Jeffrey D. Hill, and the Social Security Administration Office of Inspector General investigated. (Source: U.S. Department of Justice)
来源：美国司法部
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