Prison Term for Social Security Fraud
Posted/updated on: July 15, 2011 at 2:18 am
TYLER – A Gregg County woman has pleaded guilty to social security fraud charges. Gaylynne Gale, 63, of Longview, pleaded guilty Wednesday to theft of government property charges in an appearance before U.S. Magistrate Judge Chad Everingham. Gale faces up to 10 years in federal prison at sentencing. A sentencing date has not been set.
According to the indictment, which was handed up last September, from February 2004 until June 2010, Gale intentionally concealed her living arrangements with her ex-husband in order to receive more than $47,000 from the Social Security Administration in the form of Social Security Supplemental Security Income payments. Her misrepresentation also caused a significant loss to the Texas Medicaid Program.
