Smith County Man Charged with Social Security Fraud
Posted/updated on: December 17, 2011 at 4:16 pm
TYLER — A Bullard man has been charged with defrauding Social Security in the Eastern District of Texas. Kenneth Wise, 51, was indicted on Dec. 7 and charged with theft of government property. Wise was arrested and appeared Dec. 13. According to information presented in court, from March 2007 to August 2011, Wise is alleged to have concealed his ability to work in order to receive more than $65,000 from the Social Security Administration in the form of Social Security Disability Insurance benefits. If convicted, Wise faces up to 10 years in federal prison.
