US EditionMinnesota woman sentenced for scamming Social Security for a quarter century
Mavious Redmond impersonated her deceased mother for 25 years to fraudulently collect over $360,000 in Social Security benefits and COVID-19 payments, officials said.
- On Aug. 21, Mavious Redmond was sentenced to one year and one day in prison in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis after prosecutors say she fraudulently collected $360,627 over 25 years.
- Beginning in 1999, Redmond started the scheme after her mother's death and contacted the SSA about procedures but did not report the death; her defense says she lived with her parents, worked at a Subway sandwich shop for $8 an hour, and relied on subsistence benefits.
- On June 4, 2024, Redmond posed as her mother at an SSA office, forging her signature and using her Social Security number, which also led to $3,200 in COVID-19 Economic Impact Payments issued.
- The court ordered Redmond to repay the stolen funds, and after her fraud was uncovered she worked 25 hours a week at a local McDonald's before being fired.
- The Social Security Administration's Office of Inspector General and the Internal Revenue Service investigated the case, and Acting U.S. Attorney Joseph Thompson called the scheme "brazen and shameless" in a press release, while Assistant U.S. Attorney Matthew D. Evans prosecuted it.
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Minnesota woman posed as dead mom to keep Social Security payments coming for 25 years - Austin Daily Herald
By Paul Walsh Star Tribune (TNS) A Minnesota woman is going to prison for assuming the identity of her dead mother and collecting more than $360,000 in Social Security benefits. Mavious Redmond, 55, of Austin, was sentenced Thursday in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis to one year and one day in prison after pleading guilty to a scheme she perpetrated for 25 years. “Redmond’s scheme was brazen and shameless,” said acting U.S. Attorney Joseph H.…
Austin woman sentenced for impersonating her dead mother in Social Security scheme
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — An Austin, Minnesota woman who impersonated her dead mother for 25 years was sentenced to a year and a day in federal prison. According to federal prosecutors, Mavious Redmond, 54, fraudulently collected $360,627 in Social Security funds from 1999 through June 2024. She pleaded guilty in the case earlier this year. The fraud involved Redmond impersonating her deceased mother on the phone and in person including on June 4, 20…
Minnesota woman posed as dead mom to keep Social Security payments coming for 25 years - Albert Lea Tribune
By Paul Walsh, Star Tribune (TNS) A Minnesota woman is going to prison for assuming the identity of her dead mother and collecting more than $360,000 in Social Security benefits. Mavious Redmond, 55, of Austin, was sentenced Thursday in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis to one year and one day in prison after pleading guilty to a scheme she perpetrated for 25 years. “Redmond’s scheme was brazen and shameless,” said Acting U.S. Attorney Joseph H…
Austin woman sentenced after posing as dead mother for 25 years in Social Security scam AlphaNews.org
Share This StoryA 54-year-old Austin woman has been sentenced in federal court for stealing more than $360,000 in Social Security benefits over a 25-year period by posing as her dead mother. Mavious Redmond was sentenced to a year and a day in prison and one year of supervised release, Acting U.S. Attorney Joseph Thompson announced Thursday. “Redmond’s scheme was brazen and shameless,” Thompson said in a press release. “For 25 years, she posed a…
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