TACOMA, Wash. - A Vancouver man was sentenced Friday to 13 months in prison for pretending to be mentally retarded in order to claim disability benefits.
All I have to say is "wow." Yunno I've thought about this before, and have wondered if anyone has every done it. I've also wondered what kind of weird psycho you have to be to LIE ABOUT A MENTAL ILLNESS to claim social security. Apparently this guy's mom told him AND HIS SISTER to act like they were retarded when they were kids so they could claim the benefits of social security. Now-- 20 years later-- he is sentenced to 13 months in prison and must pay back the 56k that he took from the government and others that were actually eligible for SS. I've thought about doing it myself (obviously I'm not THAT retarded, no pun intended), just to see what happens. Well, now that I know about this guy, I won't be doing it myself any time soon. It's good that he was honest and turned himself in, and his mom is the one who was really fuxed up, but what a silly story. CRAZY stairs.
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