United States Attorney's Office District of Connecticut
Press Release

NEW HAVEN MAN WHO FORGED SOCIAL SECURITY CHECKS SENTENCED TO FEDERAL PRISON

Kevin J. O'Connor, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that RICKEY MAEBRY, age 41 of 393A Grand Avenue, New Haven, Connecticut, was sentenced today in Hartford federal court to a term of 18 months imprisonment, to be followed by a three year term of supervised release, following his guilty plea and conviction for forging endorsements of a dead person on Social Security disability checks. U.S. District Judge Christopher F. Droney also ordered MAEBRY to pay $25,638 in restitution.

MAEBRY and his two sisters, Beverly Maebry and Doris Spellman, were indicted by a federal grand jury in March 2003 in connection with a scheme to fraudulently obtain Social Security disability benefits issued in the name of a dead person. According to the indictment, RICKEY MAEBRY misappropriated the identity of "John Doe," a dead person who was eligible to receive Social Security disability checks at the time of Doe's death in September 1995. The indictment charged that from October 1995 to January 2000, more than $25,000 in disability checks were misappropriated.

RICKEY MAEBRY's sisters have previously entered guilty pleas in connection with this case and have been sentenced to terms of probation and payment of restitution.

The case was investigated by the Office of the Inspector General of the Social Security Administration. The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Jeffrey A. Meyer.

CONTACT:

U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
Tom Carson
(203) 821-3722
thomas.carson@usdoj.gov