(Elmo – Keller Sherman) A federal judge sentenced an Elmo man to three years in prison and ordered over $95 thousand in restitution for stealing his deceased mother’s Social Security benefits and underreporting income and assets to receive Social Security benefits according to U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich.
The defendent, Gerry Alen Albus, pleaded guilty in May to theft of government money and Social Security fraud as indicted.
U.S. District Judge Donald W. Molloy presided. The court also ordered three years of supervised release after incarceration. Albus was ordered to self-report to the Bureau of Prisons.
