'Blind' Man Caught Driving Committed Disability Fraud
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- Опубліковано 13 тра 2016
- John Caltabiano said he lost his sight in an accident at a cement company in 2006 and applied for disability benefits.
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It's crazy how people that DON'T need it get it, but people that actually NEED that help can't
I lost me left leg above knee in a carjacking in July of last year and I'm getting just over half of my rent a month crazy how I went from having my own place trailer car dog all by myself an now I'm scrambling to get help to get by landlord even gave me a verbal eviction notice drives me insane that people get twice the help for bein on drugs or faking some illnesses...
He's a minority aka a protected class$
@@weejugg5790 losing your leg wasn't connected to your juggalo activity was it? As I understand thats not the nicest genre of people.
@@deborahhershey3045 hes whiter than Zuckerberg. The only "protected" class is obviously the wealthy which coincidentally the majority of whom are white. Wow hmm very odd.
@@thatdude3977 had this pic since I was like 16 ish an havnt known how to change it or put the effort in if you look up leduc alberta carjacking it should come up
Maybe he is partially blind ... after all, he didn't see this coming!
Thanks for the laugh.
Jon 😂😂😂
He drives better than me hell I might be blind too
I see what you did there lol
Hahaha hahaha hahaha hahaha
Good one hahaha
people like him make it hard for the people who really need it
These people make life hard for legitimate people.
He might have got away with it if he used a seeing eye dog in the passenger seat
I think he should of brought a tesler. That just goes to show you how stupid criminals are.
I wonder why on every single video like this, at least 100 people have to say this. Hahaha.
@@solomoon3083 Its a way of people who have to go through hardships because of this type of person to express their objection. There are disabled persons with severe conditions and their families that have to prove that they are not like this type of guy. This would not happen if this type of guy did not exist. Said this way to make a long story short.
I know of a guy who was disabled and was on disability. He was charged with disability fraud and the state brought pictures and video of the guy working in his yard, shopping and other activities where he appeared to have no trouble getting around.
It looked like an open and shut case, until the guy came to court with the help of his identical twin brother.
It was his brother in all the pictures. His bother doing his yard work and his shopping for him because he couldn't do it.
The judge was pissed, saying that it was known the man had a twin brother, but they just assumed it was him.
Meanwhile, there's people whom wait a year to get disability and actually suffer day by day.
Longer than that.
Where do you live that it only takes a year? Two years in Florida and that's really fast.
The Music Band a year??!! There are people who wait for 10. I don’t know why they’re doing stories like this because I feel like it probably happens extremely rarely. Meanwhile there are tons more people who need it and do not get it.
We wait much longer than that.
So true i work and have to stop some time because i stay in pain all the time
All disability claims should be verified by doctors, physical therapists, and other specialists, not only once but periodically.
Maybe, however it was expensive for me to get my doctors to fill out the paperwork. My Therapist for example charges 50, my psychiatrist charges 40, along with my 10 other doctors it can really add up. But, there definitely should be a better system in place. As someone who is actual disabled this really upsets me when ppl fake it! I know some people who are also very much disabled who have had a really hard time getting it because of jerks like him.
They do exams periodically. If it’s a permanent disability probably not as often.
@@tinawindham6958 I'm permanently disabled & have never had an exam in the 10 years I've been on it. However, as I mentioned it's expensive to get those exams for the patients & I'm sure for the government. It's also very stressful. It actually isn't as easy as people think to get on disability. I personally have so many doctors & health issues that it was sufficiently proven I was disabled but I know others who only have 1 or 2 disabilities/ disabling issues that have had a very hard time applying & getting approved & they may even need a lawyer to appeal multiple times. And I'm talking about truly disabled people. I think because of the frauds like these it has made it such a hard process for them, the truly disabled. So upsetting!
They're supposed to be, but even then some cases get thrown out.
True,but some doctors are in on it .
I love how the reporter was committed to her job after chasing him down on his own property. Going above and BEYOND.
The reporter was an anus, nothing else!
This makes it so hard for ppl who need it to get it.
This pisses me off my husband had 2 strokes with in 14 days apart, that left him paralyze on the right side and it took him 1 and 1/2 years to get on disability.
That's what makes it so hard for people like your husband to get on disability. These scumbags lie and play the system that makes it hard for anyone that actually needs it.
I believe there is a fasttrack system for strokes to start payments within a few months! My sister in laws husband received his disability within less than 6 months. Severe stroke!
Disgusting 😡
But he gets backpay, I've been told.
@@melissadehart9306 What good is backpay when you have lost everything IE: House, Car etc... while waiting to receive what is rightly due you. SSDI is not welfare. Every working person pays for this insurance. I find it disgusting how people who become disabled have this extra added stress heaped onto them, for no good reason other than our government doesn't want to pay out what we working people have paid for through the decades. FYI ... 99% of SSDI applicants have to hire an attorney, of which 25% of the back pay due you is paid to the attorney. How long can you survive without an income, one year, a year and a half? Most likely far less. People who scam the system should go to prison and be mandated to pay back every penny back with interest, but don't throw everyone under the bus just because of a few bad apples.
This shit makes me mad and upset cause i am a mother to a blind 11 year old boy. Im glad he got caught.
Paula Chavez me too and I know people doing this 😕saludos espero que todo este bien😌💖✌
Prayers to you beautiful
Bless him. Thats so sad. Hope the best for the boy❤💛💚💙💜
Paula Chavez So am I! This shit makes it tougher on those like me who are genuinely disabled!
So if you weren't a mother to a blind child then you wouldn't be mad? Lol
this goes on a lot in england, people on disability and living a good life with holidays abroad, nice cars etc etc. i had osteoarthritis in my left hip and suffered every day. i evan worked a ten hour shift as a cook in a carehome every saturday and sunday, struggling to walk and evan in more pain at the end of my shift. i applied for pip and was told that i need to come for a face to face interview, i decided to pull out and cancel my claim for pip as i was told by a couple of people that evan tho i'm struggling to walk, those pen pushers behind their desks would say but you can walk. so i wasn't willing to give them the satisfaction of turning me down for my request for help and the pip payment, i finally got my hip replacement as it was canceled twice due to covid and i'm so much better and able to walk with no pain and discomfort. there are so many people on disability milking the system and it's those corrupt disability cheats that spoil it for the genuine people. so glad these people in this video have been caught out and having to pay it all back, and rightly so as it's hard workers tax money....
I went Blind for 7 years.
I had to go through blind school in Seattle.
As a blind person, you know the layout of your house, how many steps from where you are to where you’re going.
Your “Stick” (Blind cane) gives you a LOT of feedback on the types of terrain, stairs, what’s around you.
Other than writing checks or reading your bills, you can function very independently.
Computer’s have programs in which it can read to you. Other computer programs allow you to speak to your computer and it’ll type whatever you want.
This idiot who claimed to be blind deserves prison with a mandatory blindfold until he’s released.
This! His disability application excerpts pissed me off! I've been blind since age six and just listening to the reporter read that out was infuriating! He is right that you "listen to" television. But there are descriptive shows now. Therefore, to be more correct in language terms you are "watching" the show. It's just a small thing, but dammit it means so much!
I was born with several disabilities that keep me from standing or walking very long without immense pain and I keep getting denied for disability. This is disgusting.
I kind of wanna ask WHY they are denying you... but I live in Sweden, have severe mental illness and other neurological problems and they denied me (the second time). They deny cancer patients too. It's very disturbing.
@@---mb6vw I think it is because I am 30 years old and when I am able to work I make too much. Plus I have documented mental illnesses dating back to when I was 15. I have all the documentation and have sent it in again. Hopefully this time I get it, but even if I do the most I can receive is 880 a month. That's less than minimum wage. If I didn't have great family members that help I would still be homeless. I really just want the insurance so hopefully I can find a decent doctor so I can get help with the pain. Thank you for caring enough about my plight to at least comment.
Life is a terminal disease
@@thedevilsadvocate5210 but not everyone gets there the same way. People's bodies and minds break down differently.
Just keep appealing and appealing again and again. They always deny right from the start and it can take years before they finally take your case seriously, I had to go through this and my brother used to work for a disability determination office that dealt with military members, when he looked into cases that were sincere he wanted to approve them but he got in trouble because they wanted him to deny them because they had a quota to meet. They will deny people that have had their arms and legs blown off, its ridiculous. Be persistent and consider writing a letter to the head office (in Virginia I believe) on why they should approve you, don't bother with a lawyer, they just get a huge chunk of your money and you can already do what they can (gather records and so on), they will also drag your case out as long as they can so they collect a bigger percentage of your back pay once you're approved.
One yr. In jail?
They should get 1 yr for every year they took disability!
More Like 2 for 1..
Gypsy Treasures FOR EACH....MONTH...THEY GET A CHECK!!!!!
@@rogueranger7989 Better yet 5 for 1
That's a bit much. Relax. Punishments should fit the crime and u are reaching lol.
@@oscarmarroquin4374 and thats why people do what they do, taking advantage of the system which puts the tax payers in a bind as well. There are people that truly need disability and will have a harder time because of douchebags like these ppl. I have disability, i have cancer but its ovarian stage 4, nephrostomy tubes as well. And i cant WAIT for my doctors to tell me i can go back to work i dont want disability. Its driving me crazy lol
Twenty years ago I worked with a man, whose friend had a degenerative eye disease, that really did make him blind. To a certain extent that is. Because he passed his driver's test, & was considered legally blind. He was supposedly the only man in Kansas that could claim both, & they were proud of it. They said legally blind wasn't totally blind, & it could mean a lot of things.
I remember I had a college professor who was legally blind. One time I was walking to the campus gym and I ran into him and he told me he was gonna get something from his car. He was parked in the disability area. I later asked him if he drove and he said he could not drive because he was blind. And I guess he sensed my confusion and he said, "My wife comes to school with me sometimes and she drives". And I was like oh!!!
A year in jail? Give him 10 years and nobody's going to do this kind of SH*T.
No. Having him sit in prison benefits no one. He'd still be living on the tax payer dime. Make him work hard labor for restitution until it's fully repaid. NO RETIREMENT.
@@youcallhimdrjones he will live in poverty for the rest of his life because he will never be Able to pay that whole fee ....he sdeseves it !!!
U angy uh oh
Nobody??🙄 Seriously?? There are people who get death sentences for crimes & that’s never discouraged other criminals.
Right I say we should re introduce labor camps.
I wish my job was to stalk people trying to get away with disability fraud.
Patrick Paulo Me too honey!🙌🏾
go to school
Same.
Same
Patrick Paulo, the job is called a private investigator.
Social security fraud is a massive problem in the UK too. I personally know several people who are scamming the system. I'd just love to be an investigator.
I left my job in Nov. 2019 due to diabetes damaging the retina in my good eye. My other eye was legally blind since I was a kid. I filed for disability in August of 2020. They took until Oct. 2021 to approve me. Did I get a huge retroactive check for the months between filing and approval? HELL NO! They said I wasn't disabled until July 2021 and that I had to remain disabled for 5 months after they determined I was disabled, before I get my first check. And even then, it's an additional month for that first check to arrive so I didn't start collecting until April 2022. I bet the people in this video got approved in an instant.
He doesn’t lose his house? But people that can’t pay taxes lose a house?
Can't pay taxes? I do hope you are referring to property taxes. In which case I might agree, but only if you bought a house that you could actually afford in the beginning.
As for income taxes... Well, you have control over your own affairs. If you don't want to pay the IRS then I have no pity.
As far as this guy... Well if he has a judgement against him to pay back what he stole he could still lose his house if he doesn't pay any of that amount back.
Snitch ass bitch
Yeah
@Bg Labelle Totally agree
Going on 5 years for me, but I've been more focused on my kids, my disabled child, and my POS ex.
His EX wife needs jail time too. She knew about the fraud and spent that money knowingly.
Massive waste of tax money to go after her.
They'd have to prove she knew where the money came from at the very least.
ABSOLUTELY!
We need equality
Most likely, the reason why they DIDN'T go after her because they cut her a deal to turn him in. The video even stated that she was the one who turned him in AFTER they went after her first.
Kenn's Instagram At: i000 ...why should she complain about 'free’ money? After all his ass is on the line,not her’s!
All that fraud and theft must be repaid.
Disability cases should be investigated way more than what they are now.
I've been denied 5 times and I'm really sick with end stage kidney failure. And these people get approved and they're liars.
@c anderson I really appreciate you taking the time to reply I will definitely give it a shot I am already sick a diet change can't hurt and you are right doctors don't really help cure they help deal with diseases
So sorry. I feel for you, I truly do. :(
I would talk with Adult Intake for welfare in your county. They sometimes can help you move things along faster. Helping you FIND services is not dependent on your income/assets. Getting services are although home and car are not counted.
I wish you all the best in life.God bless you. I hope you’re doing fine.
Look into dr Robert morse he can heal u
how did he get anything without having a eye doctor report
I was wondering the same thing. Don't people need a doctor's recommendation to be on disability to actually get it. And even if a doctor gives the consent, the system usually will still fight it, which is why there are so many people that need to be on disability and can't. It's strange how they can get on disability just saying that they can't see.
@@vickieclark5931 he was blind in one eye
He initially did have eye problems but when he got better he was suppose to contact disability and end his payments which he did not.
Doctors lie. There are groups of doctors that will give out disabling diagnoses....
@Cesar M No he has lazy A$$
I do disability claims for firefighters and police men most of them vets, these heroes endure a lot on the job & truly suffer and lay their lives to protect the community both physically and mentally
Ok this pisses me off to no end 😤 my sister has been 100% blind in both eyes since she was 8 weeks old. She get barely 800$ a month S.S . to live on . How do these lying scammers get so much money that they can go on a vacation anywhere? Please someone explain this to me .
When your own Lawyer throws you under the bus....you are screwed.
Lawyer doesn't want to take a chance of losing His license to practise.
You can't fight a losing battle. The lawyer just washes his hands of his defendant cause he knew there was no way to win.
My brother had MS and finally sent home from his job due to his falling and shaking. Filed and turned down several times before approved due to people like this who cause actual disabled people being given hard time.
Wow he sounds like us in how he is falling down and shaking!
There's tons of disability fraud and they're not suppose to stay on i it. It's great they can do everything though for bring ing in all these foreigners but nothign for people from USA at all! they are bringing in nigerians and cubans like crazy!!! they get money to start a business, and foodstamps housing bills paid everything. Everyone has to pay for them. It's gonna be Nigeria and cuba here or something. but they will come in if htey let them apparently. they give them everything free. people here can't get any help at all. and here prositution is illegal! so how can we get money?!
Ahh you hear this guys? Her brothers got monkey scrotum and she's bragging about it
i really hope COVID took@@dinamoore1580out. what a disgusting person.
@@dinamoore1580 what? you need prostitution to make money?
Get a lawyer day one.
You don't have to do a thing except attend all Dr appointments. The grueling process is expedited in terms of months.
It doesn't do any good. Someone I know wife had an accident with a truck, and she went on Disability for a hurt back. I went over to his house one morning to pick him up so we could go fishing. His wife was pushing a lawnmower. I asked him if his wife was ok now, He told me that there was never anything wrong with his wife and they had lied about the injury, not only that he bragged that he bribed the Doctor to falsify the paperwork. I wrote a letter to the Social Security Administration, I know they received it because I sent it by certified mail and someone had to sign for it. NOTHING his wife is still collecting Disability and mowing the lawn
If this person was claiming blindness as a disability then why wasn’t that information forwarded to Motor Vehicles for a driver’s license status change. People with seizure disorders can’t operate vehicles so why would a blind person be allowed to???
It's people like that that ruin it for disabled people. My husband was disabled. It started out as crohns disease and progressed into numerous ailments. Disability denied him year after year and we lost everything, house, furniture, kids toys, you name it. When he went to his last disability hearing the judge asked him why he was so tan. My husband stated that because he could no longer drive that our doctor told him to get out to sit on the porch and get some sun for the benefits. People were watching him because they said he " looked " too healthy. He finally got his disability but it was too late. He had renal failure, adrenal gland failure, spinal deterioration, crohns disease, etc. By the time it was all said and done, my husband was in a hospital bed in the livingroom unable to wipe his own butt or shower without my assistance. Sadly he died april 18, 2013 just 3 days before his 37th birthday. Everyone thought that because he was such a big guy that he was faking it. My children are now without a father. The youngest were 5 and 7 at the time.
I'm so sorry. Such a terrible end.
Thank you sweetie. Reading about this just brought back everything we went through. losing everything and denied over and over. No income, premature baby needing constant care ( 2lb 8 oz at birth) and a husband that couldn't take care of himself let alone a preemie.
suzanne Baker I want you to know I have hundreds of white men and women.....yes always white....never any other race.....apply for jobs with my construction company in Arkansas....a red state....every year and ask if I can pay them cash under the table so they don't loose their disability. If they disabled should they be doing construction? These are all trump supporters btw.
@suzanne Baker
I disagree, of course there are going to be thieves looking to get over. But when the system requires you to hire and attorney to get YOUR MONEY, yes YOUR MONEY. You pay into SS your entire working life. And you have to fight tooth and nail to get the money you paid in? The SS system is a bad joke. Also the punishment for those to scam the system is far too lenient.
Wow, i barely wrote a comment on anything but your story is completely sad and messed up at the same time. It really made my blood boiled . Sorry for your lost. Your wonderful husband is at a happier place now. God blesses you and your family.
I used to be a photographer that worked for the insurance fraud investigators back in the 80's. Sitting for hours, sometimes days, just waiting for the subject to slip up. It was the most boring job I ever had, but it paid quite well.
So glad for people like you. Thankful you did your job. I know, however, the insurance company would rather just pay the "injured con" the 10K, rather than spend $ on attorneys.
I want to know how to get started I can't stand it my ex-husband did this to the system now he's dead.
Just Doing it Jim you know if they are hiring? .
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Indeed it paid well. But it used to chap my hide spending time surveilling a victim who'd lost both hands in an OTJ accident or other clearly disabled individuals.
@@EduardoRamirez-vb4ph Lemme guess, people like you are also interested in jobs like "driving the Google Map car" 🙄
Thats angering. I am legally blind. Not totally blind. It is frustrating not to be able to drive since i work full time… this guy should go to prison!
He didn't say he was blind, said he couldn't see his blind spots
I'm disabled and can't get it because of people like this.
Im so sorry for you. I got it after 9 years of pushing my self too hard, because i really really want to be able to work.
I know how you feel Linda, but I get by and do what I can because I am a survivor. thank you for your kindness.
im disabled too we get money for 17 year careful with SS i do not buy people story like you guitarded your name has been there SS for fraud banned for lifetime.
what?
Same here! 😠
They should arrest him for driving blind 😂😂😂
Good one! 😆 Also, he should lose his driver's license because he's blind! 😃👍😎
The FORCE Is Strong With This One!!
Lmao
FUNNY!!!!!
This IS NOT FRAUD I know for a FACT blind people can drive. Why else would they have braile on drive-thru ATMs? Huh? Answer me that? LOL :)
If I could find a way to fake being blind for the benefits I would.
I hate working, too. 🤣
Just be the next e-girl now that Pokimane is 'retiring', that's money
225 million return to us the tax payers? I never got a check back or see my neighborhood improved
Or my potholes fixed
@@gunthermutt488 You keep your pot in holes? Doesn't it go rotten?
68 cents per person, don't think that will go far.
yeah i was thinking the same thing lol. what you mean returned to us?? that's one of the biggest lines of bullshit I've ever heard lol
Only returned if it gets paid back. If they are claiming "return" is because people won't be getting those benefits because they were caught, then that is misleading.
"I sit in the dark and listen to TV!" "I can't move around my house I keep bumping into things!" ... Said no blind person ever.
Maybe they should turn the lights on
Right then and there they should’ve realized that he was faking it. I can’t believe they actually believed that nonsense. That’s the kind of stigma I’m talking about… not only did he come up with that they actually believed that that’s what a blind person is only capable of. Disgusting.
@@nosightgaming722 tell me about it. It's that kind of ignorance that makes it so hard to just exist. You look for work and people thinking that BS don't give you any or a promotion when you deserve it, you look for aid and the governments want you to be terribly poor to get any services, and everyone thinking they're helping you but aren't because they're already starting at the worst opinion about your situation. Everyone in that story annoyed me so much.
@@user-cs3zs6jn1d I know, it's just a switch! He didn't have to solve s puzzle to turn on that damn light; and let's not even start about not being able to move around your own house!
Have a Certified and Licensed Electrician to check the house's service panel and replace all circuit breaker and voila.... lights are on and you can see everything in the house and you won't be bumping on anything in the house. LMFAO.....HAR HAR HAR HAR
People like this ruin it for those who truly are disabled.
My neighbor got disability after 2 years of unemployment. He was obese but able to work. But after 5 more years of sitting home, he ate himself up to 600 pounds and almost lost his foot to diabetes. Now he's in a nursing home. The doctor that signed destroyed his life.
maybe he couldn't see what he was doing wrong
I see what you did there lol I dont know about him thought 🤔😉
@@justinmopavich3685 "LOL"
Duane buckley that was a good one
Duane Buckley 🤣🤣😂😅
Duane Buckley, had CRIMINAL GLAUCOMA and couldn't see what he was doing wrong, huh?!
I would spend the rest of my life investigating these frauds. It would give me the most rewarding feeling ever!
I would volunteer for free
You could start with the government themselves, that's the biggest fraud on the planet, is government. The sheeple ignore them.
Me too so
Many getting away with it in Uk too
Lol
Many private investigators such as myself work for large investigative firms who largely specialize in workman's compensation fraud. Generally an accident happens in the workplace, someone "pads" the claim (meaning they overexaggerate their restrictions/disabilities so they can get disability pay), and once red flags are drawn on their profile (such as not responding in a timely manner, changes in story, social media activity showing blatant disregard for their restriction. etc.), the insurance companies request surveillance. It's a very rewarding job when you have a successful case. I've had probably 20 successful cases in the past 2 years, and you'd be surprised how dumb a lot of these criminals are lol. If you claim you have a lifting restriction of 5 pounds and need to wear a brace on your right wrist, you better be wearing it in public and living within that restriction, but many are careless and oblivious to the fact they're being surveilled
Took my partner 10 years to get disability because of a major heart attack (which part of his heart is still not functioning but they say they can only fix it if he has another heart attack and have told him he would not live through it} He is on a hot list to the heart surgery unit. They kept denying him year after year. Told him he could get a job raking leaves.... what B.S.
I had a friend from childhood staying at our house and she had applied for SSDI in 2008. I asked her why she needed disability and she said are you kidding me, I’m in pain 24/7. She was an alcoholic and addicted to opioids. She was getting opioids from a doctor in Lincoln city, OR, and a pain clinic in Bullhead City, AZ. She finally got a appointment with a SSDI Judge in 2018. The Judge can see all the doctors she was getting opioids from and the addiction is what’s causing the pain. She’s a con artist and thinks she can talk anyone into doing what she wants. I don’t know if she received SSDI, or not.
I wish they would make videos and investigate how many times the insurance companies defraud people who have coverage and they deny claims automatically in hopes they won't bother fighting it. I also see insurance companies cutting coverage when therapists and clinical staff state they are not ready to leave treatment...but they have a doctor spend 10 minutes looking over case and saying no....with many of these people leaving treatment to relapse or die from suicide, happens more than people know.
Ditto!
Angela Smith With all due respect, "dying from suicide" is pretty much the point of suicides.
Angela Smith you are an angel
The people making the documentary would all of a sudden die in a freak car accident or some other suspicious cause.
BlondzRule All Amen..!
I would never lie about a serious injury or death, cause with my luck, it'll end up actually happening.
Exactly
@livefrmnyc,Lol,!!that would happen to me to.
I know, right ?
I know right lol same here
That’s no shit! My luck, that’s the karma I’d get handed to me! I’d have to pick an easy and curable disability!!!!
You could say that this guy had a “blind spot” in his plans.
I’ll show myself out now.
These people are disgusting. They should be charged with theft and locked up.
how ironic. he's not blind, yet still didn't "see" this coming.
O
Lmao I was blowing on my screen bc I thought there was hair on it.
Bwahaha
Lolololololololol
What an underrated comment
It's pretty funny when your attorney calls you a fraud 😆😆😆
Ex attorney. Like ex wife.
Yeah, that usually happens when the attorney wasn't paid for his services.
“Surveillance Folks. It can be challenging work” 😂 I love the sarcasm.
I like how the ex wife was good during the vacations. But when they weren’t together he was a criminal and she was a bystander.
I don't know, but it seems like it would be easier just to get a damn job.
But they probably get more from those benefits.
But that requires actually working
Scamming is their Job
Lol right
Exactly! From what I hear, that disability for some isn't all that....not sure how much he was getting, maybe he was getting more than average and that triggered an investigation 🤔
People like this make me so mad. There are people with REAL disabilities that are still unable to get disability because they cannot afford an attorney to help them to obtain said benefits. There should be a better system set up to get these benefits to the ones that really do need them. There are problems within the system that handles these claims. They also need to be investigated.
The Darci 13 just as an FYI there are disability attorneys who will take cases for no money down. They only get paid if the client collects. Then they get a portion of the back pay which is given in a lump sum. I recommend them to my patients all the time.
ARTOFMUSIC lol funny thing when that idiot is trying to get rid of health benefits but yet he rather keep food stamps for people who don't need it and abuse the system but hey what's more important then peoples health right?
Get rid of health benefits, you mean Obama Care HA HA HA what a joke! It's no wonder this country is going down the tubes with this kind of mentality. Before Omaha Care I could go to the ER and it would be mostly covered. Now it cost me $2500 OUT OF MY OWN POCKET just to walk in because the deductible is $5000. On of that our monthly premiums have increased 200% since Obama care. So now when we have a medical condition we resist going to ER if at all possible because its either that or eat.
This is sad!! My husband has very bad back pain and sometimes can’t even walk or sit because he is in pain! constantly trying to get comfortable yet he still goes to work everyday hasn’t called in , in over 5 years!! My man is sooo amazing!! I admire him he is such a hard working man!! ❤️❤️❤️
Try a TENS machine for the back pain.
I had a coworker who claimed that he fell in a hole at work and was disabled. We had video footage of him tripping and walking around unharmed right after. He had been vocal about preexisting injuries from other jobs and how it affected him. We also had documentation proving that those issues weren’t from working with us. He was still awarded disability and our company had to contribute to the disability check. No on was interested in watching the video or documentation to show that he was working the system. The HR did receive a call demanding that we create a job for him that would fit within the limitations that his doctor gave. He couldn’t bend over and look through files. He wasn’t supposed to sit for long periods of time.
After he received that money ...his eyes and ears open... what a miracle 🤣🤣🤣
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Money, the best medicine for all?
Lol
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Ex-wife didn’t turn him in when she was spending his free money, she was part of this how does she get away?
Was also thinking the same thing...guess she must have gotten a free pass for turning him in
Can you say rat
He applied for benefits for the whole family and pocketed all the money after divorcing her, she found about it after she was informed she was owing taxes
She received 3 years probation is what the video said.
Johnathan Berner lol thats like saying if a guy robs a bank and spends the money, every store he spent it in should be held accountable, HE stole the money. It was his crime.....i get what your saying but going after her for not saying something sooner would be petty lol
Thank God there are actually people investigating these “disabled” folks. I work hard and pay way too much in taxes to watch it go to frauds.
It's a miracle ! The blind can see, and the crippled can walk !
To be fair judging on how people drive most people are blind
Mr Amazing 😂😂😂 that is soooooooo true... especially in Los Angeles. 😂😂😂
Mr Amazing lol
Mr Amazing 🤣🤣👍🏽
@@xandriaelizabethrain443 You beat me to it lol
@@xandriaelizabethrain443 guess you haven't driven here in honolulu
Aren't most of these claims backed up with doctor reports? Are any doctors being prosecuted as an accomplice?
They should be.
oh...definitely. You cant get disability without your doctors records. The doctor should lose their license....definitely. This wouldnt be a problem if doctors feared prison.
Doctors thesevdays are so dirty...and PURCHASED..bought off to prescribe drugs.
I never had problems...until the doctors gave me meds thatvI cant ever get off...and my neighbor...he now has heart problems from Viox.
I want to make free dentures for people who cant afford these doctors prices...but am afraid they will sue me.
Roland Lane you would freaking think. right??
No their NOT EVEN REAL CUZ THEIR FAKE
Doctors cannot know more than what they are told in many cases. Doctor and others thought I was faking that I could not use my thumb until the 6th scan where the tech scanned higher on my arm and found that my tendons were balled up in my elbow, Can't move if the wiring isn't connected.
Ì worked for social security for a long time. A client drove into our parking lot who had just been declarred legally blind. He was reported to drivers license agency and he's no longer driving anywhere! He's on the city bus.
A woman was medically retired from a Fire Depart with a back injury. She was later filmed riding jumpers and competing in a horse show. Handicapped plates for motorcycles seems strange.
It's fools like this that makes it so damned hard for everybody else that tries to get on disability that really truly deserves it.
as a person with a "disability" this makes me sick to see people do this.
Yeah right you are probably like Popp
How can a person live the "high life" on these payments? In Ontario, people receive $1260 a month to live the "high life". Are these payments so fantastic? I'd really like to know how much a single, person with a disability receives per month & is it different in each state? Thanks
@Regular Guy In Carlsbad qho asked
@@cloudyx7856 bro if your gonna be like that just don't awnser.
@@dr.pepper45 ur mom
As a person who lost my vision later in life and who is totally blind I think this is ridiculous and not only should they pay back the money and have jail time, they should be made to do community service in their area for the blind.
You found the news video, UA-cam comment section, and typed up a perfect paragraph with correct punctuation for someone who is "totally blind" LMFAO 👀👨🏽🦯👃🤣
This Pinocchio have extra long nose and smells like fish 👃🐟
@@lonestarninja Boy.... you are a piece of work. Modern technology allows people to use keyboards with brail lettering. There are many aids for the blind that helps them function. There are microphones that a blind person talks into that will type for them. There are programs that will read the screen to the blind person. Geeeeez..... get a clue !!
A year in jail!?! For stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars? It should be more like 5 years.
Meanwhile they put military vets through hell to the help they need. Getting my dad approved through the VA took almost 2 years of paperwork, interviews, and medical reviews before he could even have his first appointment.
I truly feel for your dad, and you having to watch that happen. It's awful, inexcusable... The system is so broken. :(
It took the VA a decade to classify my father as disabled and give him his back pay
My husband had to go through alot to. He resisted for awhile to apply for disability. He had cataracts and also lost hearing due to loading bombs on planes in Vietnam. He finally got the services he badly needed. He ended up having several surgeries and the one time we got him to the hospital he had been bleeding internally and they told me if he didnt get there when he did he would've died. Its hard for those who have served their country with honor while you have folks who have no qualms about taking things.
There are 27 year old military veterans collecting $3,100 a month and there is nothing physically wrong with them
VA is horrible, consider it a blessing in disguise!
This is sickening! People like my brother who actually NEED disability benefits have to wait the 2+ year wait term to get on disability. I will keep these people in my prayers
I once "investigated" a "disabled" employee with a very severe work-related back injury ... Got some great photos of him loading scrap metal into his truck on the weekend. This is far too common.
Opp ☠️
I had to have my doctor, two hospitals telling how I can't work. This is going 2 years with no money waiting until I can have a court case. Some people gets disability at a drop of a hat. This makes it so hard for people like me having to survive on $1000 a month. Try living on that. I use to make good money but what the gov. thinks I should live on. My husband works after surgery on both knees, both surgeries, a knee replacement and rhumitoid artritious, (can't spell it). He still works because we can't afford for both of us to be on disability. I feel like crap because I can't get a job and help my family. Don't look at someone on disability and think they look ok, because you don't know whats wrong with them. I destroyed my hand and it help together by metal, but thats not the worst. They gave my a antibiotic that I have never taken so how would I know I was alergic to it? It cooked my intestines. Same sympton as sever Chroms. Since it's not Chromes the med's don't work. Try crapping what you eat 5 minutes after you eat it. I almost died and after a long hospital stay they realized nothing works. Guess what the side effects of pain meds are? Constipation. I have never been so happy to be stopped up in my life. I had rather dig poop out than crap 25 times a day and have no energy to get out of bed. Sorry this is so long but I REALLY don't have a life and only see my family and sometimes it get hard so I talk (type) way to much, Sorry🙃
glad when they caught... my husband lived less than a year after he started receiving his disability... so unfair to the rest of us...
I'm in a wheelchair with MS. This pisses me off!
I hope you feel better
i would be also
Me too! I'm in a wheelchair too with CRPS and greedy people like this disgust me!
Not in a wheelchair yet but have MS and this pisses me off too
These fraudsters disgust me.
I needed it, spent a year fighting for it, was treated like I'm trying to steal something.
I've paid taxes since I was 9
why did it take 8 years to bring these criminals to justice?
If only ABC took the same time to do stories on corporations stealing from us and holding them accountable. How amazing would that be?
FM
They've done that. People who perpetuate these frauds should get at least 10 years in prison. That should make them think twice.
They only do that if the corp refuses to pay for ads on the channel anymore lol.
Fucking numbskull. Corporations can only steal if the government gives them tax money. Corporations have to provide a great product or service at the best price to survive. The CEO can only make 50 million dollars if he provided 50 million dollars worth of something to customers that willingly bought it. The agency that uses force and threats to steal from people is the government, only to use that money to bribe voters through ever increasing social programs that will drive the nation into the ground.
They can do both
FM lol
A blind man shouldn't be driving. That's dangerous!
He’s not blind!!! He can see perfectly!!! He just claims to be blind!!!
Guess people don't understand sarcasm
Almost as dangerous as Asian females- because they can see well enough to aim at you ! 😋😎 Just kidding..
He should at least be required to have his guide dog along in the passenger seat
Most of the country is piggybacking off of us who pay the most taxes
Wouldn't be surprised if these are the same people who cry about unfortunate people who have to rely on public assistance.
Politicians do the same thing, they don’t even hide, we pay for luxury cars, vacations, security for them and their families etc
They will not have those luxury's in HELL.
Exactly, why are we only targeting citizens who abuse the system? I'm suspicious of anyone who wants to be in politics.
When my dad had cancer we asked for help n got denied ,they asked us if he had little kid's yeah at 52 with cancer, sadly he did pass away in 2006 n here is this guy living his best life...there's a special place for people like this...
My dad had stage 3 colorectal cancer and dementia and was still denied. It's terrible.
🇨🇦. When Are We going too wake Up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Where I live there was a guy in a wheel chair panhandling on disability, at the end of the day would wheel up to his 200k Lexus and drive off, the only reason he got coughs was some buddy was trying to catch up to him to give money only to turn a corner seeing him putting his wheelchair in the trunk. 5yrs in prison he got in the 90’s.
I had a neighbor that was on disability insurance because he said that he hurt his back. I saw him making holes on his yard to put up a fence for his new dog.
How does someone live the "high life" off disability payments? They don't pay much.
Jeremy Wheeler You got that right.
I know of people who are in their 20s, who were in devastating car accidents getting about 3000.00 a month. And then I heard of dying people on chemo getting 900.00 after government takes their share for hospital bills. So sad how greedy people can be. I hope they catch all of the lying bad guys.
@@elizabethbeauchamp6580 that sounds like insurance payments rather than disability payments.
He got 1.3 million thats enough for the high life.
@@skylarjaxx2399 over the course of many years. I bet you've paid that much for living expenses over your lifetime.
I fought for 4 years to get disability and this makes me so angry.
I fought for 10 years with all medical records in hand from a legit doctor.a took a awsome lawyer to fight for me and I won.
@chief tp Actually, it's non of your business. Entitlement isn't cool. The decline of morals in society is stagering.
Cassie Winters right me also
But the government spending money like it falls of trees. And spending your tax dollars too line their pockets. Your okay with.
He should be put in jail for grand theft.
Before granting his disability, didn't they ask his ophthalmologist to provide VF tests and exams?? It's totally a fault to people who gave him disability!!!
"IF he hadn't been caught do you think he'd still be collecting?"
Duh. Of course he would.
She didn't mind benefitting from it when he was carrying her, though.
David Craig , She said it wasn't with her.
Kittycat, she's IN the vacation photos with him & their kids. She knew about it the whole time. She simply got mad because he wasn't sharing the stolen money with her. She's as guilty as he is. No doubt she got some kind of plea bargain where she does no time and pays no fine for ratting him out.
6:10 - She only fessed up when the IRS came after her for back taxes. Until then it was totally cool.
Lying, pretending, being sneaky, and faking it has got him chomping down on cigs. It's not worth the stress.
Does he not have doctor records stating he is 'blind' how did he even get disability? Unreal
What about the doctors that fraudulently diagnosed them? They shouldn't be practicing anymore.
I agree
DOCTOR'S can only diagnose what you tell them and from what they can see. As you can see the doctor in this case diagnosed and documented the 1 eye.
@@jerrydurantiii3360 True, but there are ways to tell. If someone shines a bright light in your eye, you'll react with your eyelids and tear ducts, will you not?
@@OneWeirdDudeIt's possible to be blind and still have pupils react to changing light conditions... Blindness is not just seeing black/nothing, in many cases they can see their environment's brightness, but the picture is too blurry to make out things while the pupils dilate and constrict to light just fine. There are many situations where the doctor cannot determine if the patient can see or not, and has to rely solely on his patient's word. I think it's just the patient here that's lying ;)
How do you expect a doctor to know whether you can see or not?
I’ve been blind in one eye my whole life. In 48 years I’ve never received a dime of disability
I'm with you there. But we don't need financial help for being blind in one eye. I've been blind in my right eye since the optic nerve was blown off my retina during a car accident in 1973. It alters some lifestyle desires, but for the most part, doesn't hinder my ability for an income.
The guy should not have gotten any SSDI compensation for loss of eyesight in one eye.
How's the general Lee running cooter lol
💯 true glad they’re doing something about it
these people make it hard for people who actually need it! My wife has been fighting for her social security benefits for 10 years, she is legitimately disabled and is having spinal surgery after thanksgiving 2016. This pisses me off these assholes do this!!!
Robert McDonald sorry to hear that man. It really is a shame and I would be absolutely outraged if I were in you and your wife’s situation. Best of luck bud.
I know a man who had been on disability for 35 years from the school system for being legally blind. He had then and still has a valid drivers license. How the hell can that be?
... states dont care - they want that all mighty dollar - half the people with drivers licenses simply cant drive ...
but ones things a given ... 'they all can text on a cell phone'