Ohio Woman Sentenced for Stolen Pension Funds, Social Security

Ohio-resident Cindy Hardway has been sentenced to six months in prison for collecting $254,116 from her deceased father’s pension fund and Social Security, according to the US Departent of Labor on Monday.

Hardway pleaded guilty to one count of theft of public money and one count of theft or embezzlement from an employee benefit plan. She admitted to not reporting her father’s 2005 death to the Central States, Southeast & Southwest Areas Pension Plan or to the Social Security Administration, according to the department.

Hardway has also been ordered to serve three years of supervised release and pay a $200 ...