{"id":119965,"date":"2021-11-26T14:00:38","date_gmt":"2021-11-26T19:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=119965"},"modified":"2021-11-26T13:28:45","modified_gmt":"2021-11-26T18:28:45","slug":"woman-charged-with-plot-to-steal-more-than-400000-from-elderly-and-veterans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=119965","title":{"rendered":"Woman charged with plot to steal more than $400,000 from elderly and veterans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?attachment_id=119968\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-119968\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-119968\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Crook-land-lord-steals-VA-and-Social-Security-benefits-from-tenants-248x333.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"248\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Crook-land-lord-steals-VA-and-Social-Security-benefits-from-tenants-248x333.jpg 248w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Crook-land-lord-steals-VA-and-Social-Security-benefits-from-tenants-223x300.jpg 223w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Crook-land-lord-steals-VA-and-Social-Security-benefits-from-tenants.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 248px) 100vw, 248px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Rosemary Ogbenna, 45, is charged with stealing over $400,000 from the elderly. These benefits include Social Security benefits as well as Veterans Affairs benefits. These benefits were intended for the elderly, for the mentally ill and for disabled veterans. She was their landlord when she did this. She faces 35 charges that involve mail fraud, wire fraud, and tampering with evidence.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">From the Military Times:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>According to court documents, Ogbenna allegedly carried out a decade-long scheme to steal government benefits from tenants staying at her housing business. The prosecution alleges that from March 2009 to February 2020., Ogbenna set herself as the Representative Payee of her tenants&#8217; Social Security benefits, allotting herself a portion of their funds for her own personal use.<\/p>\n<p>Ogbenna also illegally gained control of her tenants&#8217; monthly VA benefits to use for her own personal benefit, according to court documents. When questioned by agents investigating the fraud scheme, she allegedly lied during questioning and provided agents with falsified documents.<\/p>\n<p>Each count of mail fraud, wire fraud and tampering with evidence holds a maximum penalty of 20-years imprisonment if she is convicted. Ogbenna also potentially faces 10 years for the counts of government property theft, two years for each count of identity theft &#8212; which would run consecutively with any sentence received for wire fraud &#8212; and five years for the count of Representative Payee fraud.<\/p>\n<p>If convicted, Ogbenna will also likely face the forfeiture of any funds she took over the years while carrying out her fraud scheme.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The Military Times has more on this story at this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/veterans\/2021\/11\/24\/dc-rooming-house-operator-stole-400k-in-benefits-from-elderly-mentally-ill-and-disabled-veterans-indictment\/\">link<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rosemary Ogbenna, 45, is charged with stealing over $400,000 from the elderly. 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