reporter, says although Conn is now in federal prison, the victims remain living a life of uncertainty; many of whom have not received any benefits from the Social Security Administration.Aug 24, 2020
On December 2, 2017, exactly six months after he fled, Conn was arrested walking out of a Pizza Hut in Honduras. He had already been sentenced in absentia to 12 years in prison and ordered to pay $170 million in restitution.Aug 24, 2020
Conn had an office in Floyd County and lived in Pikeville. He once had one of the largest, most lucrative disability practices in the nation, winning Social Security benefits for thousands of people in Appalachia and getting rich in the process, but ultimately admitted his success was built on massive fraud.Jan 5, 2021
In July 2017, Eric Conn was sentenced to twelve years in prison after being convicted of illegally paying gratuities to a Social Security Administrative Law Judge. He was also found guilty of stealing government money.Aug 26, 2021
HondurasFugitive attorney Eric C. Conn is in federal custody after being captured by authorities in the city of La Ceiba in Honduras. During a news conference on Tuesday, the FBI said the Technical Agency for Criminal Investigation (ATIC) caught Conn without incident at a Pizza Hut on Saturday.Dec 4, 2017
$550 million“After orchestrating a massive $550 million social security fraud, Eric Conn tried to escape justice by fleeing to Honduras,” said Assistant Attorney General Benczkowski.Sep 7, 2018
It will tell the story of Eastern Kentucky lawyer Eric Conn, who pleaded guilty in a $550 million Social Security fraud scheme in 2017. Conn was once one of the top disability lawyers in the nation.Mar 18, 2022
Eric Conn is in prison for running the largest Social Security scam in U.S. history. HAZARD, Ky. — Years after an Eastern Kentucky lawyer orchestrated a $600 million fraud, his clients remain entangled in a legal mess. Eric Conn is in prison for running the largest Social Security scam in U.S. history.Oct 8, 2021
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