Thread: Man who claimed disability spotted on TV show

Man who claimed disability spotted on TV show

By The Associated Press
November 19, 2009 at 6:54 p.m.

LOS ANGELES — California tax officials say an interior designer's false disability claim was uncovered when he was spotted on a home improvement television show.

Ronald Hunt, a 56-year-old Los Angeles resident, was sentenced Tuesday to 200 hours of community service and ordered to pay more than $180,000 in restitution, unpaid taxes and fines. He pleaded guilty to two felony counts of fraud.

The state's Franchise Tax Board says Hunt falsely claimed he was disabled for three years and collected almost $150,000 in benefits, while earning about $400,000 in income as an interior designer.

An employee of the insurance company that was paying his benefits saw Hunt on a Home and Garden Television program and reported him to the state Department of Insurance.

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2009 ... n-tv-show/

Apparently he didn't have too much smarts to show himself on tv.
Those kind tend to get a bit too ballsy and think they won't get caught. No wonder everything becomes more expensive because of crumbs like that.