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NY Woman Admits To Hiding Mom's Death, Stealing $240K In Pension Benefits NY Woman Admits To Hiding Mom's Death, Stealing $240K In Pension Benefits
NY Woman Admits To Hiding Mom's Death, Stealing $240K In Pension Benefits A New York woman is facing prison time after admitting that she hid her mother’s death for years in order to steal hundreds of thousands of dollars in her teacher pension benefits. Long Island resident Cynthia Rozzell, of Hempstead, pleaded guilty to second-degree grand larceny on Tuesday, Aug. 9. Prosecutors said Rozzell concealed the death of her mother, Mary Garrett, and collected pension benefits issued to Garrett by the New York State Teachers’ Retirement System (NYSTRS) between May 2014 and May 2020. Garrett, who died in 2014, retired from the Malverne Union Free School District in …

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Area Woman Stole $42K In Payments From Dead Mother, NYS Comptroller Says Area Woman Stole $42K In Payments From Dead Mother, NYS Comptroller Says
Area Woman Stole $42K In Payments From Dead Mother, NYS Comptroller Says Nearly $42,000 has been recovered from a 63-year-old woman who allegedly stole it from her dead mother’s pension payments, New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli announced. Dutchess County resident Bonnie Robertson, 63, of Pleasant Valley, was sentenced to three years probation and agreed to pay full restitution after pleading guilty to petit larceny earlier this year, DiNapoli announced. According to the Comptroller, Robertson failed to notify the New York State and Local Retirement System of her mother’s death and continued to fraudulently collect her mother’s pension payments, beginn…

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by Zak Failla