A New York woman is accused of signing her dead mother-in-law’s name on checks for nearly 17 years while hundreds of thousands of dollars in Social Security and pension payments continued flowing into the woman’s bank account.
Kimberly Cardella, 59, of Rensselaer, pleaded not guilty in federal court this month to bank fraud, theft of government property and aggravated identity theft.
Her mother-in-law died in 2009. Neither the Social Security Administration nor the New York State and Local Retirement System had been notified of the death, according to the Times Union…