Crime
The man allegedly concealed a person’s death from the government so he could fraudulently receive their retirement benefits.
A Winthrop man was charged Friday for allegedly committing Social Security fraud for over four years, according to prosecutors.
Kenneth Riel, 51, was indicted on one count of receiving stolen government money or property and one count of Social Security fraud-concealment, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts said in a statement. He was arrested Friday and released after appearing in federal court that afternoon.
Riel allegedly received about $88,383 in stolen Social Security retirement benefits from February 2019 through November 2023, prosecutors said. He also allegedly concealed from the Social Security Administration that someone he knew who was receiving…
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