Couple convicted of lying to Dothan Social Security officials; received $25K in illegal benefits

according to Two Montgomery residents were convicted of Social Security fraud this week after testimony revealed they lied to the Dothan Social Security Office to gain benefits. U.S. Attorney Louis Franklin announced Friday that Nakia Palmer, 35, and husband Nathaniel Palmer, 30, were also convicted of food stamp fraud, mail fraud and theft of government property. According to Franklin, Nakia Palmer began the scheme by telling Dothan Social Security employees that she was an actress living in California. This was done so Social Security would not consider her income when determining whether the minor son was eligible for benefits, but only the income of the husband. Nakia Palmer, in fact, worked at the Social Security Office in Montgomery and was not a California actress.

Former Social Security worker sent to prison for lying to obtain benefits

A former Social Security worker and her husband have been sentenced to federal prison after being convicted of lying to defraud the system. Nakia Palmer, 35, was sentenced to 24 months in prison; Nathaniel Palmer, 30, was sentenced to six months in prison followed by six months of home detention. Nakia Palmer worked for Social Security in the Montgomery office at the time. Nakia Palmer was found guilty of mail fraud, theft of government property, Social Security benefit fraud, and food stamp fraud. She lied so that Social Security would not consider her income in determining whether her son was eligible for benefits.

Woman who lied to Dothan Social Security employees sentenced to prison

as informed in An Alabama woman who lied to employees at Dothan's Social Security office in order to obtain fraudulent benefits for her son was sentenced along with her husband to federal prison recently. Nakia Palmer, 35, was sentenced to 24 months in prison while Nathaniel Palmer, 30, received a six-month prison sentence to be followed by six months of home detention. According to court testimony, Nakia Palmer falsely informed Social Security employees in Dothan that she was an actress living in California and had left her minor son in her husband's exclusive custody so that Social Security would not consider her income in determining whether her son was eligible for benefits. Nakia Palmer, however, was not an actress living in California, but an employee of the Social Security office in Montgomery. Overall, the Palmers obtained about $25,000 in benefits to which they were not entitled, according to testimony.

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