Some of the former clients of the disgraced Kentucky attorney who perpetrated the largest US Social Security fraud in history may have a chance at recovering their lost disability payments, according to a statement by attorney Ned Pilarsdorf After Conn’s fraud came to light, about 1,700 of Conn’s former customers attended hearings to reapply for benefits. but about half lost them. About 230 people who lost their benefits were able to regain their benefits years later by court order. The rest have not received payment from the government for years.Pillersdorf said the government will notify former Conn clients that they can request a public hearing as part of their contract. Conn bribed a doctor to falsify medical records for a client and then paid a judge to approve a lifetime benefit, he said. Authorities said he fled the country after taking a plea bargain in 2017 and was arrested by federal agents in Honduras six months later. After Conn’s arrest, a federal judge sentenced him to 15 years in prison in 2018 for what authorities called a plot to defraud the government of $500 million in disability benefits.
Some former clients of the disgraced Kentucky attorney who carried out the largest US Social Security fraud in history may have a chance at recovering their lost disability benefits.
An agreement with the Social Security Administration has allowed about 500 former clients of former disability attorney Eric Conn to request new hearings to restore their interests, attorney Ned Pillersdorf said in a statement. Ru.
Piersdorf and dozens of other attorneys have worked with former Korn clients who lost profits after being accused of fraud.
Pillersdorf said the client lost profits about seven years ago.
After Conn’s fraud was exposed, about 1,700 of Conn’s former customers attended hearings and reapplied for benefits, but about half lost their applications. About 230 people who lost their benefits were able to regain their benefits years later by court order. The rest went years without government payments.
Mr Pirsdorf said the government will inform former Kon customers that they can request public hearings as part of the agreement. If they win the hearing, he said, they could get years of unpaid debt.
Conn bribed a doctor to falsify a client’s medical record and paid a judge to approve a lifetime benefit, officials said.
He fled the country after making a plea bargain in 2017, and federal agents caught him six months later in Honduras.
His first plea bargain would have put him in prison for 12 years.
After Conn’s arrest, a federal judge in 2018 sentenced him to an additional 15 years in prison for what authorities called a plot to defraud the government of $500 million in disability benefits.
