DETROIT – A Syrian man, Samer Succar, pleaded guilty in Detroit to a felony charge related to the theft of thousands of dollars in Social Security Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits.
Succar, a naturalized U.S. citizen residing in Syria, appeared before U.S. District Judge Gershwin A. Drain and admitted to one count of theft of government funds on Monday (Jan. 5).
Court records show that Succar received SSI payments from the Social Security Administration (SSA) as the Representative Payee for his mother’s benefits…