Carmichaels woman indicted on charges of Social Security fraud
A Greene County woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges relating to Social Security fraud.
Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced Thursday a two-count indictment, returned June 28, named Cindy Hancheck, 60, of Carmichaels as the sole defendant in the case.
According to the indictment, Hancheck had knowledge of her husband’s continued presence in her household, his continued financial support of her, and the opening and maintenance of bank accounts held jointly between her and her husband, but concealed and failed to disclose the information to the Social Security Administration with the intent to fraudulently secure Supplemental Security Income benefits between July 1999 and January 2016, according to the indictment.
Additionally, between January 2000 and February 2016, Hancheck, having filed an application for SSI, received and converted approximately $115,597 in benefits to which she knew she was not entitled, Song announced.