Man Who Stole Dead Father’s Social Security Payments Faces 285 Years in Prison
A Brodheadsville, Pennsylvania, man who posed as his dead father pleaded guilty Tuesday to wire fraud and Social Security fraud for hiding his father’s death to steal his retirement benefits.
Timothy Gritman, 55, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Philadelphia for stealing more than $200,000 in Social Security benefits and $117,000 in New York State pension benefits, according to a statement from U.S. Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero.
Ralph Gritman retired from New York’s Nassau County Clerk’s Office in 1992, and in 2017 he moved to Wyoming to live with his son Timothy Gritman.
Relatives reported that he was last seen alive in 2016 at his home. At that time, he was 79 years old and in poor health….