Gary girl ordered to repay $192k for Social Security fraud – Chicago Tribune

A Gary girl was ordered to repay $192,000 after admitting she collected Social Security checks for years after her father died.

Elizabeth Harris, 40, was sentenced Monday after she pleaded responsible to mail fraud, U.S. Legal professional Clifford Johnson stated in a press release. She would additionally spend a yr on house detention and three years on probation.

Harris was a “consultant payee” for her father, amassing his advantages since March 2009, in keeping with court docket paperwork. She by no means notified Social Security when he died in September 2010.

The Social Security Administration’s Workplace of the Inspector Common investigated the case.

— Meredith Colias-Pete