Couple sentenced for Social Security fraud, continued
According to the press release, Stephen Wayne Schwartz, 55, of Arkansas began receiving SSDI in 2000, but was no longer eligible by 2010, as he returned to work.
Prosecutors said he told Social Security he was out of work in 2012.
By 2015, he was working as a bus driver, without informing the agency, and his benefits were revoked.
The following year, while working as a driver for a roofing company, the couple submitted a document claiming Stephan could not work due to a medical condition and he could not “drive a big truck, keep log books, follow map/directions…carry on a conversation, count, concentrate, [and] follow instructions…”
The money he earned from the roofing company was paid to Rebekah to hide his income from Social Security.
