Hattiesburg, Miss. - Sadie Bradley, 66, of Waynesboro, Mississippi, was sentenced today by Senior U.S. District Judge Keith Starrett to 15 months in federal prison, follow by 3 years of supervised release, for theft of government funds, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Resident Agent in Charge Marvin Mauldin of the Office of Inspector General, Social Security Administration. Bradley was further directed to pay $197, 216.11 in restitution to the Social Security Administration,
From October 2008 through October 2017, Bradley received a total of $197,216.11 in funds belonging to the United States by receiving Title XVI Supplemental Security Income (“SSI") benefits to which she knew she was not entitled. In 1966, Bradley was issued a social security number under the name Sadie McCornell, and began receiving SSI benefit payments in 1974. In 1976, Bradley fraudulently applied for and was issued a second social security number under the name Sadie McConn, later changing her name to Sadie Bradley. In 2008, Bradley applied for and began receiving SSI benefit payments under her second social security number, while still receiving SSI benefit payments under her first social security number. In doing so, Bradley knowingly concealed and misrepresented her identity, income, resources, marital status, and living arrangements to the Social Security Administration in order to receive SSI benefit payments under both social security numbers.
On Sept. 19, 2018, Bradley was charged in a federal criminal indictment with theft of government funds. She pled guilty before Judge Starrett on June 12, 2019.
The case was investigated by the Social Security Administration-Office of Inspector General. It is being prosecuted by Special Assistant United States Attorney Joshua Paul Fortenberry.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
