Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Liu finds dead people still getting paid

From the Daily News:

Fourteen people collected city pensions from beyond the grave - pulling in more than $450,000 even though they were dead, officials charged Monday.

City Controller John Liu said relatives of the deceased apparently kept cashing their loved ones' checks - in some cases years after they had passed away.

The ghoulish acts netted $459,970.

Liu handed his report over to the city's Department of Investigation to determine if criminal charges will be filed.

In the most shocking of the 14 cases, someone cashed 38 pension checks worth $139,818 after the intended recipient died in 2007.

The scammer used the retiree's driver's license to bank the bogus pension payout. When the license expired this year, the scammer merely renewed it and continued "to cash the dead pensioner's checks," Liu said.

The identities of the fraudsters and their dead relatives were not revealed because the criminal probe was just beginning, officials said.

An additional 171 fishy cases, involving $2 million in taxpayer funds, are still undergoing scrutiny.

In those cases, the checks continued to be cashed for shorter periods and could have just been due to mistakes or bureaucratic lags that failed to quickly shut off electronic transfers.

9 comments:

Anonymous said...

Renewal of a dead person's driver's license? Red flag - CHANGE THE PROCEDURE > must appear in person to renew driver license.

After all do we not have Home land security to prevent terrorist from gaining identity papers,including illegals and con artists? Finger prints records should be obtained (bio - metrics are widespread) as part of pre-requisite proof of legal identity.

Enforce the law across the board for a preventative and safer America!

Anonymous said...

john jew needs to investigate his own campaign finances from Taiwan and sweatshops. oy vey.

Anonymous said...

"john jew needs to investigate his own campaign finances from Taiwan and sweatshops. oy vey."

SHUT UP, YOU F-CKING PIECE OF ANTI-SEMITIC, RACIST, AND IGNORANT PIECE OF SH-T!

Queens Crapper said...

No, that would be Charles Rangel, who called him John Jew.

Anonymous said...

"john jew needs to investigate his own campaign finances from Taiwan and sweatshops. oy vey."
SHUT UP, YOU F-CKING PIECE OF ANTI-SEMITIC, RACIST, AND IGNORANT PIECE OF SH-T!
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Queens Crapper said...
No, that would be Charles Rangel, who called him John Jew."

Nelson Munz said, "Play the race card! HAHA!"

georgetheatheist said...

Guys, listen carefully to the Rangel tape. He called Liu, if I'm hearing ok, "Chew" as in Chiu.

Anonymous said...

"Guys, listen carefully to the Rangel tape. He called Liu, if I'm hearing ok, "Chew" as in Chiu."

Who the hell can understand ANYTHING that comes out of the mumbling idiot's mouth? He's mumbled and grumbled ever since he's been in the public eye and it's like nails on a blackboard for me when that guy talks!

Shuddup ALREADY!

RETIRE ALREADY!

Anonymous said...

What is Liu going to do to change this so it doesn't happen again?

Anonymous said...

Why shouldn't they keep getting paid? They voted for him!