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HOUSTON (CN) - An illegal immigrant who got more than $100,000 in Social Security benefits by falsely claiming he was unemployed was sentenced to 15 months in federal prison.
Double Dipper and Illegal, Feds Say
Seeded on Wed Feb 22, 2012 7:44 AM EST
Article Source: Courthouse News Service - By Cameron Langford- Enjoy this article? Help vote it up the 'Vine.
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Arreola-Perez was ordered to pay $120,706 in restitution to the Social Security Administration.
He will be put into deportation proceedings after he does his time, prosecutors said.
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#1 - Wed Feb 22, 2012 8:00 AM ESTWhy would a 39 year old person be drawing SS? and an illegal alien on top of that?
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"He later admitted to SSA special agents that he knew he should have reported his employment but that he did not because he wanted to continue receiving benefits."
Kinda puts the lie to all of those claims that illegals do NOT receive government benefits, doesn't it?
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