Patricia A. White, a 70-year-old resident of Old Greenwich, Connecticut, was sentenced on April 27 to nine months in prison for submitting false and fraudulent claims for unclaimed property to state treasuries. United States District Judge Karoline Mehalchick also ordered White to pay $1,208,271.40 in restitution to about 30 state treasuries.
United States Attorney Brian D. Miller said that White and her brother and codefendant, Henry A. White, Jr., together received over $1.2 million through these fraudulent claims from state treasuries across the country over approximately ten years between 2013 and around 2022. According to Miller, "Henry White using the names of corporate entities with which he was not affiliated and which he had no lawful authority to use, applied for and received unclaimed property from state treasuries throughout the United States." The funds were generally sent by U.S. mail to their shared home address.
The press release details that both siblings deposited or cashed these checks into a joint bank account and used them for personal expenses such as mortgage payments on their Connecticut home. Patricia White admitted during her guilty plea that she personally deposited some of these checks obtained through fraud.
Henry A. White Jr. was previously sentenced on December 17, 2025, receiving a sentence of 37 months in prison along with an order to pay the same restitution amount as his sister.
Patricia White is scheduled to surrender herself to the Bureau of Prisons on May 8.
The case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Ravi Romel Sharma.
The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania handles prosecutions of federal crimes, civil litigation involving government interests, victim assistance programs, and promotes community safety through initiatives like Project Safe Neighborhoods according to its official website. The office serves about 3.2 million residents across a jurisdiction covering roughly one-third of Pennsylvania’s population in locations including Harrisburg, Scranton, Williamsport and Wilkes-Barre according to its official website.
