MOBILE, Ala. ( WKRG ) — A Mobile woman was sentenced last week after she lied about her living situation and unlawfully received Social Security for years, according to the United States Department of Justice.
According to a USDOJ news release, 64-year-old Cheryl Bradley was with her husband when he went to apply for Social Security benefits at the SSA office in Mobile. She told the clerk she and her husband were married and lived together since 1988.
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However, Bradley told the agency in 2007 that she and her husband were separated when she originally applied for benefits, in which the agency approved her application.
She told the agency in 2012 that she and her husband had been separated since 1990.
“Those two representations were important because her living situation and her spouse’s earnings should have been but were not factored into whether she remained eligible for benefits or as much benefits,” the USDOJ release said. “The Social Security benefits paid to her over the years were from a needs-based program.”