A former Naval Base San Diego police officer has pleaded guilty to keeping nearly $300,000 in government benefits meant for a retired co-worker who died in 2016, Social Security’s inspector general says. Ivan Alonso Rodriguez, 47, of El Cajon, admitted in federal court on Nov. 3 that he knew of the death and told neither the government nor the bank, according to the inspector general’s announcement. The payments kept arriving from May 2016 through September 2025.
The case, No. 26-CR-04295-JO in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California, is before Judge Jinsook Ohta. Rodriguez pleaded guilty to receipt, concealment and retention of stolen public money, a federal charge under 18 U.S.C. § 641. Sentencing is set for Feb. 12, 2027, at 8:30 a.m., and the maximum penalty is 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine, or twice the gross gain or loss, whichever is greater…