TORONTO — A 75-year-old Barrie man has been charged with fraud and forging documents after investigators in Canada and the U.S. determined he had allegedly collected his parents’ social security benefits for 17 years after their deaths, totaling more than $200,000.
The United States Social Security Administration began investigating in 2012 when the recipient of the benefits would have turned 100 years old. The organization attempted to confirm their contact information and address, when their investigation revealed the recipients had died in 1998.
The United States Social Security Administration then contacted Barrie Police and Ontario Provincial Police and worked in conjunction with them to investigate the residence.
Police charged the unnamed Barrie man with fraud over $5,000 and uttering forged documents. He was released with a court date set for January.
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