A woman in Alabama pleaded guilty to stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars in Social Security payments that were sent to her deceased mother, court documents show.The three-decade theft occurred as Mobile resident Deleria Huff continued to receive payments meant for her mother, Pauline Huff, the filings say—with the Social Security Administration unaware of the elder Huff's death.
com, spoke to Newsweek about the frequency of this type of Social Security theft.'While we don't hear about cases like this every day, they're out there,' Rose said. 'It's a reminder that, yes, Social Security theft is part of the bigger picture of identity theft, and it's something to keep an eye on.'Rose added that, as Huff's story shows, getting caught can take a significant period of time, but it does often happen.