A Fall River woman pleaded guilty in federal court Wednesday to stealing thousands of dollars in Social Security benefits intended for her child.

 

Nancy Taylor, 45, embezzled approximately $86,995 in benefits from May 2016 through May 2022, according to U.S. Attorney Leah Foley.

 

Taylor applied for benefits on behalf of her child in 2014 and was instructed to notify the Social Security Administration (SSA) if she no longer had custody.

 

However, when she lost custody of the child in May 2016, she did not tell them.

 

Instead, in Oct. 2021, Taylor called the SSA to update the child’s contact information, allowing her to continue receiving payments.

 

In 2022, she went to an SSA office to reactivate the benefits and submitted two false forms claiming the child still lived with her and that the money was being used for the child’s care. In reality, Taylor used most of the funds to pay her own bills, prosecutors said.

 

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