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Saturday, October 22, 2011
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
SS Admin Report Fraud Waist and Abuse
This is directly from the Web site and I think we should be addressing these specific violations in order to prove our case. Where I wrote Note: that was obvioulsly not from the web site but my own note.
Thanks and I hope this helps.
Social Security Administration
Office of the Inspector General
Report Fraud, Waist or Abuse
U.S. Mail: Social Security Fraud Hotline
P.O. Box 17785
Baltimore, Maryland 21235
FAX: 410-597-0118
Telephone: 1-800-269-0271 from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time
TTY: 1-866-501-2101 for the deaf or hard of hearing.
WHAT IS FRAUD, WASTE, OR ABUSE?
MAKING FALSE STATEMENTS ON CLAIMS
For example:
- An individual indicates on their application that they are not married when in fact they are married or living as such.
- An applicant claims to be blind and unable to drive a motor vehicle when in fact the individual possesses a valid driver’s license and is observed driving.
- A person indicates they do not have any income, when in fact they make money from an outside source such as rental income or an insurance policy.
Note: we have all experienced them making false statements in order to make claims.
CONCEALING FACTS OR EVENTS WHICH AFFECT ELIGIBILITY FOR SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS
For example:
- A person fails to report that they are working or have returned to work.
- A person fails to report they are in jail.
- A person fails to notify SSA of the death of a beneficiary and continues to receive and cash the checks of the deceased person.
MISUSE OF BENEFITS BY A REPRESENTATIVE PAYEE
RESPONSIBILITIES OF A REPRESENTATIVE PAYEE
Some of the duties of a Representative Payee include:
- Determining the beneficiary’s total needs and using the benefits received in the best interests of the beneficiary
- Maintaining a continuing awareness of the beneficiary’s needs and condition, if the beneficiary does not live with the Representative Payee, by contact such as visiting the beneficiary and consultations with custodians
- Applying the benefit payments only for the beneficiary’s use and benefit
- Notifying SSA of any change in his or her circumstances that would affect performance of the payee's responsibilities
- Reporting to SSA any event that will affect the amount of benefits the beneficiary receives and to give SSA written reports accounting for the use of the benefits
WHAT REPRESENTATIVE PAYEES SHOULD NOT DO
Representative Payees cannot:
- Use a beneficiary’s funds for their own personal expenses, or spend funds in a way that would leave the beneficiary without necessary items or services (housing, food and medical care)
- Put a beneficiary’s Social Security or SSI funds in the Representative Payee’s on another person's account
- Keep conserved funds once they are no longer a Representative Payee for the beneficiary
- Charge the beneficiary for services unless authorized by the Social Security Administration to do so
Note: Many foster parents use the money for their own benefit rather than the children’s
REPORTING POTENTIAL VIOLATIONS
If you feel the Representative Payee has in some fashion misused the benefits being issued for the beneficiary, contact the OIG Fraud Hotline.
You should provide as much identifying information as possible regarding the suspect. Such information should include:
- Name of the Representative Payee and the beneficiary
- Social Security Number of the Representative Payee and the beneficiary
- Date of birth of the Representative Payee and the beneficiary
- Details regarding the allegation, such as when it happened, how the abuse was committed, and where the abuse took place
FRAUD OR MISUSE OF GRANT OR CONTRACTING FUNDS
The following are examples of grant or contract fraud:
• A contractor is using substandard supplies.
• A contractor has paid or offered to pay an SSA employee in return for winning the contract.
Note: I think state contracted parents are substandard to actual family.
STANDARDS OF CONDUCT VIOLATIONS
Public Service is a public trust. All SSA employees are bound by the Standards of Ethical Conduct for Employees of the Executive Branch.
Examples of conduct violations include:
- Accepting gifts and/or money from a person doing business with SSA
- Holding financial interests that conflict with official duties
- Not obeying any federal, state, or local laws or regulations.
Note: Here’s pay dirt. This is big!
PS......This not from me personally.....
PS......This not from me personally.....
Drug testing for Welfare Benefits closer to Florida law
Drug testing for welfare benefits closer to Florida law
Passed the Senate on a 26 to 11 vote
Posted: 05/05/2011
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - A bill that would require Floridians applying for welfare benefits to first pass – and pay for – a drug test is on its way to Governor Rick Scott’s desk.
The Florida Senate passed House Bill 353 today on a 26 to 11 vote. The House passed it, largely along party lines, in late April.
Republican supporters say it is necessary to ensure that Temporary Assistance to Needy Families money is used properly to care for Florida’s poor children, not to pay for illegal drug habits.
Scott, who campaigned on the issue, is expected to sign the bill.
“This is an effort to stop this cycle of drug abuse,” said Sen. Steve Oelrich, R-Gainesville, the Senate sponsor.
However, some Democratic opponents said it singles out a specific group of people.
“This whole bill discriminates,” said Sen. Chris Smith, D-Fort Lauderdale. “It’s only testing people on TANF. There are a lot of other people that get money from the state.”
Anyone who tests positive for a controlled substance would be disqualified from receiving cash benefits for a year. However, they would have a one-time option to reapply within six months if they seek substance abuse treatment, according to the bill.
To prevent children from losing out on benefits, if a parent tests positive for a controlled substance, the DCF would be able to designate a “protective payee” to receive cash assistance benefits on the child’s behalf, according to the bill. The designate would also have to pass a drug test.
Oelrich compared the testing to boarding an airplane. Everyone gets screened, he said, not just people who are convicted smugglers or known terrorists.
Southwest Florida senators Garrett Richter, R-Naples, and Lizbeth Benaquisto, R-Wellington, who represents a portion of Lee County, both voted in favor of the bill.
Statewide, more than 100,000 residents receive more than $13 million in TANF benefits every month, according to the Florida Department of Children and Families.
In March, 755 Collier residents received $107,462 in temporary assistance benefits, up from 693 residents who received $97,328 a year earlier.
In Lee County, 2,090 residents took home $290,357 in temporary assistance benefits in March, up from 1,972 residents who received $278,887 a year earlier, according to the DCF.
Read more: http://www.abcactionnews.com/dpp/news/political/drug-testing-for-welfare-benefits-closer-to-florida-law#ixzz1bAVzLeZY
Sunday, October 16, 2011
ABUSE OF A FAMILY BY AN EX-HUSBAND AND STEP-MOM
Here's my story of Falsely accused of Child Abuse and the fact my X's wife is a Legal Secretary involved with Drafting documents from her old law office!
Reference Family Law Case # 94-17568(35)
My name is Gloria Helman. I’m a divorced Mom of twins 19 years old. I’ve been divorced since 1995. Since I’ve been divorced, I have been Verbally, Emotionally and Mentally ABUSED by my Ex-Husband and his wife Jill Epstein Parnes.
My children have been used, lied to, emotionally and mentally ABUSED by their Father to try and alienated them against me.
He has INSULTED ME in front of them saying I’m immature, retarded, I need to grow up, and lazy, etc. My kids would say the same to me a lot during the years. I kept silent and did not alienate them from their DAD. Their behavior towards me was very upsetting to me. You see I was the 1 who was their #1 FAN in school, sports, Hebrew School, etc.
I was the 1 who showed them right from wrong. I LOVED them UNCONDITIONALLY knowing it was their DAD who was BRAINWASHING them. This was very painful. NO LOVING, Caring, morally right Parent should ever go through this type of abuse from their EX-spouse, or Children.
To make thing worse, my EX remarried 11 years ago. Jill's Family LOVE my kids and I’m truly Grateful. Here’s the problem. SHE has also tried to Alienate my kids from ME. She has made it her point to VOICE her opinion on ALL Matters that pertain to my kids. She has sent me e-mails over the years getting involved. She has also befriended me with people I use to be friends with at my kids school.
She has acted as an Attorney Drafting LEGAL Petitions for my EX-Husband from the Law office she works at. She drafted a Petition that accused me of CHILD ABUSE of MY SON. She even drafted an affidavit that my SON signed against me. THIS IS A CRIME. She has also written comments on Medical Bill copies that I have sent my EX of Bills he owes me money for. Bills sent to him were returned (Registered Receipt)...Never picked up.
I was NOT MARRIED to her. I was MARRIED to my EX….She has NO BUSINESS getting involved PERIOD.
As of today, after almost 15 years and over 6 Attorneys, MY CASE is NOT SETTLED.
ANOTHER CRIME that the FAMILY COURTS have FAILED ME! My EX still owes me way over $10,000. My EX signed School Contracts and has not paid me 1 cent for them.....I've had Attorneys that knew about the school contracts and NEVER went after him to repay me.
THERE needs to be JUSTICE! The FAMILY LAWS NEED TO BE CHANGED!
ABUSERS NEED TO BE PUNISHED.
To make matters worse from all the Emotional, Verbal and Mental ABUSED I have been through, I was diagnosed in January 2010 with Lymphoma, Vertigo and I have a Heart condition.
I can not afford an Attorney anymore. The Attorneys I had ABUSED ME,took advantage of me Financially,, price gauged, insulted me, lied to me due to their Unethical behavior of the BAR Ethical Laws that Govern them.
I've had 6 Attorneys in 16 years and almost non have helped me with my case.....1 charged me over $36,000.00 (Schwartz), another 1 over $16,000.00(Fortunato).......2 Took about $3,000.00 and DID Nothing to help me(Ensign/ Costantino.....Ensign threw me out of her office when I REQUESTED Documents she told me she was working on. Ensign was written up by the Florida Bar. I've spent over $100,000.00 in Attorneys fees and MY case is still Pending in the courts.
The Child Support Agency needs to be investigated too.....MY ex only had to pay me $300.00 (Health Insurance Included) a month for 2 kids from 1996 til 2001..This is POVERTY LEVEL CHILD SUPPORT.....Foster Parents get more $$$ then I did.......Then an additional $300.00 more per month, plus $100.00 for the arreages he owed me (Owed me $8,400.00)....What's wrong with this picture!
He even STOLE DJ equipment and over 300 record albums and a Computer Tower from my house when he left. Did I call the police on HIM. NO....Maybe I should have.
He was even paid off about $48,000.00 when we got divorced....Wasn't even his $$$$$.
Guess what he did....He loaned his friend Scott Lombardi (RE Agent with ReMax I believe) $25,000.00 and he didn't pay me the child support ordered by the court January 1, 1996.....SO, I had to garnish his wages in March 1996. He didnt pay me for 2 months, so when he did finally pay me , the Check came from his grandmother's account....OMG.
In 1994, when we seperated, Toby told the kids I wanted the divorce and that I didn't love him anymore. YOU don't get the kids involved PERIOD......
When he got married to Jill in 2000. He told the kids they would be in the wedding....He told me to give him clothes for the kids to wear for the wedding. I did not. I said this is your wedding and you want the kids in the wedding , YOU go out and buy them clothes.
He then told the kids they were not going to be in the wedding because I would not give him clothes for them. SO, guess what....... WHO did the kids take out their anger to because of their DAD's brainwashing the kids against me....THEY( Kids) took their anger out on ME!
He wanted the kids B'nai Mitzvahed.....Came to the Service.....Didn't come to reception....I offered to even pay..... HE NEVER paid for HEBREW SCHOOL!.
His nephew had a Bar Mitzvah.....He had gotten the clothes for the kids and all.....HE had a fight with his son over playing baseball for the season.....SO....HE NEVER took the kids to their cousin's Bar Mitzvah....Told the kids it was all my fault...NOT MINE!
Toby and his EX-Boss ( Brother in law) had a fight at Mindee(Toby's Sister) and Tom's house after their Dad's funeral....Jill called Mindee a name etc....Then Toby and Tom went after each other....OVER who was going to take care of Dad's business, etc. SEE JILL sticking her 2 cents in when it's non of her biz......OH....Did I mention how my X.....Worked for Tom.....Didn't claim income to Child Support for about a year.....YOU see Mindee told me about it on a conversation we had that summer....Then I realized Toby was Conning the system.......Of Course he was paid cash..........YOU see though I have documents that show there was $100,000.00 in the Business my EX was working in .
Toby's other brother Mickey and Mindee were working with him too.
Toby barely told the Child Support agency where he lived or worked. Then the Child Support Agency wanted me to go after him.....I said excuse me......YOU know he's breaking the law but you want me to go after him....SO then he can go and tell the KIDS ...MOMMY put me in JAIL....SO they could HATE me for putting their DAD in Jail....I said. NO WAY.....SEE my kids don't know over 90% of what was going on....I left them out.....I would NOT get them involved unless it was for them to stick up for themselves or to clean up after ALL THE LIES their DAD or JILL told them.
ATTORNEYS: RAE EILLEN CHOROWSKI
He wanted the kids B'nai Mitzvahed.....Came to the Service.....Didn't come to reception....I offered to even pay..... HE NEVER paid for HEBREW SCHOOL!.
His nephew had a Bar Mitzvah.....He had gotten the clothes for the kids and all.....HE had a fight with his son over playing baseball for the season.....SO....HE NEVER took the kids to their cousin's Bar Mitzvah....Told the kids it was all my fault...NOT MINE!
Toby and his EX-Boss ( Brother in law) had a fight at Mindee(Toby's Sister) and Tom's house after their Dad's funeral....Jill called Mindee a name etc....Then Toby and Tom went after each other....OVER who was going to take care of Dad's business, etc. SEE JILL sticking her 2 cents in when it's non of her biz......OH....Did I mention how my X.....Worked for Tom.....Didn't claim income to Child Support for about a year.....YOU see Mindee told me about it on a conversation we had that summer....Then I realized Toby was Conning the system.......Of Course he was paid cash..........YOU see though I have documents that show there was $100,000.00 in the Business my EX was working in .
Toby's other brother Mickey and Mindee were working with him too.
Toby barely told the Child Support agency where he lived or worked. Then the Child Support Agency wanted me to go after him.....I said excuse me......YOU know he's breaking the law but you want me to go after him....SO then he can go and tell the KIDS ...MOMMY put me in JAIL....SO they could HATE me for putting their DAD in Jail....I said. NO WAY.....SEE my kids don't know over 90% of what was going on....I left them out.....I would NOT get them involved unless it was for them to stick up for themselves or to clean up after ALL THE LIES their DAD or JILL told them.
ATTORNEYS: RAE EILLEN CHOROWSKI
JAY ARTHUR SCHWARTZ
MELODY RIDGLEY FORTUNATO
LYNNETTE ANN ENSIGN Tel. 954-499-7979
MICHAEL J. CONSTANTINO
CATHERINE ZIPPAY-GAL
Bressler, Amery & Ross, PC.....
Worked at Ackerman, Senterfitt.....Heard Jill got a new job!
BROWARD COUNTY JUDGE-
ARTHUR BIRKEN-FAMILY-Seventeenth Circuit!
PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENT THAT MY EX-WRITE BACK ON 1986....SAD HE DIDN'T LIVE UP TO IT!
WHAT WIFE ALLOWS A BROTHER IN LAW TO LIVE IN OUR HOME FOR A YEAR OR MORE AND NEVER PAY RENT......LIVED OFF US......THAT'S A GOOD EX-WIFE DON'T YOU THINK. MICKEY, SO WHERE IS THE DJ EQUIPMENT THAT TOBY TOLE FROM THE HOUSE....DO YOU STILL HAVE IT?
I helped Toby's Parents out with RENT for 2 months....Paid their rent $1,600.00.....Toby, Mickey, Stanley swore I would get the $$$ back......HAVE YOU seen it....? I SURE HAVEN'T...
TO BE CONTINUED! STAY TUNED!
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