Woman Collected $300,000 in Social Security from Dead Relative
Laura J. Entrikin, age 60 of Boardman, Ohio, was sentenced to 24 months in prison and one year of supervised release for using her deceased mother’s identity to steal social security benefits. Entrikin was also ordered to pay $322,322 in restitution to the Social Security Administration. As part of her guilty plea, Entrikin admitted to forging her deceased mother’s name on 147 checks in order to withdraw social security retirement benefits deposited into the account after her mother died. Laura J. Entrikin was indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of bank fraud, theft of government property, and aggravated…
