WORCESTER – A local woman received a sentence from a federal judge in Worcester of time served, one day in prison, and three years of supervised release after pleading guilty to bank fraud.
According to federal prosecutors, from February 2006 to May 2021, Gina Llerena-Donohue, 62, of Spencer, received $41,954 in Social Security benefits and $3,200 in COVID economic impact payments. She will pay restitution of $45,154.
Llerena-Donohue held the power of attorney for a beneficiary of Social Security who died in January 2006. She also didn’t notify the Social Security Administration or the bank where the benefits went after the death. Llerena-Donohue accessed the benefits through counter cash withdrawals…