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Date: 10-13-2022

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United States of America v. Melissa Waller

Case Number: 2:22-cr-89

Judge: Irene C. Berger

Court: United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia (Kanawha County)

Plaintiff's Attorney: United States Attorney’s Office

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Description: Charleston, West Virginia criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with theft of government benefits.

From June 2012 to April 2020, Melissa Waller, age 45, from St. Albvans, West Virginia, received $84,509 in Social Security Administration (SSA) benefits on behalf of a deceased relative. Waller admitted that she did not have a legal right to these benefits once her relative died in April 2012. Waller further admitted that she converted the funds to her own use, and that she knew her conduct in taking those benefits was wrong.

United States Attorney Will Thompson made the announcement and commended the investigative work of the SSA and the Social Security Administration-Office of Inspector General (SSA-OIG).

United States District Judge Irene C. Berger imposed the sentence. Assistant United States Attorney Erik S. Goes prosecuted the case.

Outcome: Defendant was sentenced to give years probation and was ordered to pay $84,509.

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