A grandson collected his grandmother’s survivor benefits for 30 years after her death. How, one wonders, can that happen? Is no one checking to be sure those who receive benefits are still living? In this case the survivor benefits, based on the woman’s marriage to a veteran, kept going to her bank account. And the grandson kept spending the money, [post_excerpt],100 per month for 30 years. He pleaded guilty, as he should have, but was only charged with one count of stealing government property in a plea deal. For that he could get 10 years. Then there was the woman...

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