Spencer Woman stole more than $ 41K in the benefits of Social Security, say the federals

A woman from Spencer was accused on Monday after federal authorities said she stole more than $ 41,000 for social security benefits for a period of 15 years.

Gina Llerena-Donohue, 62, was accused of a position of bank fraud, said US fiscal prosecutor Leah B. Foley in a statement. Will make an appearance in the Federal Court of Worcester at a later date.

Llerena-Donohue had fraudulently obtained almost $ 42,000 for social security benefits from February 2006 to May 2021, according to loading documents.

Federal prosecutors say that Llerena-Donohue had the power of a lawyer for a social security beneficiary who died in January 2006. But the person’s death never reported to the Social Security administration or the bank where the benefits were deposited.

Notarial power is a legal document that allows people to act on the name of another person in legal, financial or health -related matters, According to the consumer financial protection office.

Llerena-Donohue obtained the person’s social security benefits through several effective Contrarac withdrawals, federal prosecutors said. He also filed four false statements to the bank in 2018 and 2019 claiming that the power was still in force because the beneficiary of death was not fired.

The Llerena-Donohue position provides a sentence of up to 30 years in prison with five years of supervised liberation and a fine of up to $ 250,000 or double gain or gross loss, which is greater, according to federal prosecutors.