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W.Va. Unit Cites $1.9M of Improper Disability Claims

The West Virginia Attorney General’s Office says its unit targeting Social Security disability fraud helped save $1.9 million in improper claims during the first quarter of this year.

Two investigators and an analyst have been working with the Social Security Administration, its inspector general’s office and the state’s Disability Determination Section to review suspicious or questionable disability claims.

The unit reported $2.5 million of improper claims stopped in 2016, its first full year.

Attorney General Patrick Morrisey has requested authority from the Legislature to investigate fraud in the Medicaid program.

In October, he said the disability fraud unit began reviewing past claims and payments for fraud and possible referral to county and federal prosecutors.

State Unit Cites $2.5M of Improper Disability Claims

The West Virginia Attorney General’s Office says its unit targeting Social Security disability fraud helped save $2.5 million in improper claims during its first year.

Two investigators and an analyst have been working with the Social Security Administration, its inspector general’s office and the state’s Disability Determination Section to review suspicious or questionable disability claims.

Attorney General Patrick Morrisey has said he wants authority from the Legislature to investigate fraud in the Medicaid program.

In October, he said the disability fraud unit began reviewing past claims and payments for fraud and possible referral to county and federal prosecutors.

Nitro Women Sentenced After Defrauding Social Security

A Nitro woman has been sentenced after federal authorities say she defrauded Social Security by collecting benefits long after her husband had died.

In a news release, the U.S. Attorney’s Office says 65-year-old Linda Alford was sentenced Wednesday to five years of probation and was order to pay over $130,000 in restitution.

Officials say Alford previously pleaded guilty to theft of government property last September.

Authorities say Alford was receiving benefits from the Social Security Administration after her husband died in 1990. She remarried in 1997, but didn’t report a change in marital status and continued to collect benefits.

Officials say she collected more than $130,000 illegally in survivor benefits from 1997 through 2014.

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