March 20, 2020
A Kentucky federal judge on Friday rejected a clinical psychologist's argument that his 25-year prison sentence for his role in a $550 million Social Security fraud scheme should be vacated because he allegedly did not have a sufficient chance to speak before sentencing.
June 04, 2018
A Kentucky lawyer who helped bilk the Social Security Administration out of more than $550 million pled guilty on Monday to skipping bail, fraud and retaliating against a witness after a previous guilty plea on other fraud charges, putting him on the hook for another 15 years in prison.
March 26, 2018
A disbarred Kentucky lawyer who is serving a 12-year prison sentence for his role in an over $550 million Social Security fraud scheme after evading authorities for roughly six months asked a federal judge Sunday to drop 18 criminal charges against him, citing an earlier plea agreement.
December 05, 2017
Honduran officials announced Tuesday that they have extradited Eric C. Conn, a fugitive Kentucky lawyer who fled the U.S. after pleading guilty to his role in a $550 million Social Security fraud scheme and was recently captured following six months on the run.
August 25, 2017
A former administrative law judge for the Social Security Administration received a four-year prison sentence Friday from a Kentucky federal judge, who also ordered that he pay $93 million in restitution for his role in a scheme to siphon more than $550 million in federal disability payments.
August 14, 2017
A Kentucky federal judge on Monday rejected a clinical psychologist's attempt to toss a jury's finding that he defrauded Social Security of at least $550 million in disability benefits, saying that the government presented "compelling" evidence that the man participated in the fraud scheme.
June 26, 2017
A clinical psychologist asked a Kentucky federal judge Friday to throw out a jury's finding that he defrauded Social Security of at least $550 million in disability benefits, saying the government hasn't shown he had the intent to co-conspire with the other two defendants.
June 05, 2017
In one of Kentucky attorney Eric C. Conn's commercials, a woman in a trenchcoat tells him "we need you back," and he dramatically responds that he "never left." Now, a month before his sentencing for a $550 million Social Security fraud, he's gone and the FBI wants him back.
May 12, 2017
A former administrative law judge for the Social Security Administration entered a guilty plea in Kentucky federal court Friday to charges he pocketed illegal gratuities in a scheme to siphon off more than $550 million in federal disability payments, the U.S. Department of Justice said.
March 28, 2017
A clinical psychologist was never promised immunity before testifying about an alleged $600 million Social Security fraud scheme involving a now-retired administrative law judge and an attorney, a Kentucky federal magistrate judge said Monday in recommending the case survive his dismissal bid.