BEAVER FALLS, Pa. — A man accused of taking a person’s Social Security benefits after their death received his sentence on Monday.
The Department of Justice said Nicholas T. Grimes, 31, of Beaver Falls, began stealing a person’s Social Security benefits after the original recipient died in 2014.
Investigators said Grimes stole a total of $216,779 by transferring the dead victim’s benefits into his possession through an ATM.
A judge ordered him to pay that money back to the Social Security Administration in restitution. He will also spend three years on probation and seven days in prison.
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