‘Blind’ Man Caught in Disability Fraud After Seen Driving a Speed Boat

Free Beacon ^ | Jan 23, 2014 | Elizabeth Harrington

[Innovative]

A “blind” Wisconsin man’s $175,000 Social Security disability fraud scheme ended when federal agents caught him driving a speedboat, according to the inspector general.

Lawrence Popp, 58, was sentenced to one year in prison on Tuesday for defrauding the Social Security Administration...

Popp, a wealthy businessman, continued to work and go on lavish vacations in the Cayman Islands while collecting disability benefits for five years.

A record 10,988,269 people received federal disability benefits in December 2013, according to the SSA. A 2012 report from Sen. Tom Coburn (R., Okla.) found that more than 25 percent of benefits are awarded with “insufficient, contradictory, and incomplete evidence.”

[GeronL]

I heard the fedgov was giving out disabilities like candy but my brother with bipolar and other issues can’t get it for some reason... too white?

[Delta 21]

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[muir_redwoods]

Did I misread this or does it say $175,000 over five years? $35,000/yr on SSDI? Really?

[Dr. Ursus]

He must have been caught voting Republican!

[dsrtsage]

It is discrimination to believe that just because somebody is blind, that they cannot drive a speed boat. This guy can't see, but he could kick young grasshoppers ass...

[A Formerly Proud Canadian]

I am thinking of all the lost sheeples, unable to do anything with the direction of any ‘Dear Leaders’.

[bgill]

He’s far from being the only one scamming my tax dollars. I bet 98% of those under retirement age should be jailed for the same.

[bgill]

No, there are many ex-military Republicans doing the same.

[Sirius Lee]

It's a miracle!

[informavoracious]

Now if he’d crashed into a dock...

[Ellendra]

And yet, when I couldn’t talk and was throwing up constantly for a whole year, they told me I “wasn’t disabled enough.”

[tophat9000]

Hey look if the government can demand braille on drive up ATMs then a blind man can sure as hell drive a boat in the open ocean. ;)

[NonValueAdded]

I’ll bet he didn’t see that one coming

[PLMerite]

" ‘Blind’ Man Caught in Disability Fraud After Seen Driving a Speed Boat"

But was he driving it well?

[afraidfortherepublic]

“Blind” Wisconsin man caught in Disability fraud

FReep mail me if you want on, or off, this Wisconsin interest ping list.

[boop]

This guy not only needs jail time, but should press license plates for $1 per hour until every penny he stole is paid back.

Lessee...maybe the guy will get out in a few hundred years.

[Innovative]

He only got one year and will probably be out in a few months or maybe they’ll give him probation, you never know.

“Lawrence Popp sentenced to one year in prison for defrauding government

Popp collected $115,000 in unlawful Medicare benefits and evaded $178,000 in taxes between 2004 and 2009 in addition to disability payments.”

[boop]

"Popp collected $115,000 in unlawful Medicare benefits and evaded $178,000 in taxes between 2004 and 2009 in addition to disability payments"

Boy what a piece of work.

Not only steal benefits, but not even having the courtesy of a reach-around (taxes).

Hope this guy is a registered democrat.

Otherwise he would have committed a crime.

[Innovative]

He must be a Democrat, afterall he only got one year in jail and I bet he will get probation.