Des Moines, IA- A Osceola man has been sentenced to 2 years in Federal Prison for Defrauding the Social Security Disability Program.
59-year-old John Dale Parmer of Osceola was sentenced Thursday to 24 months in prison for Social Security Fraud-Concealment. Parmer pleaded guilty to the charge on June 21st, 2022.
According to court documents, in 2006 Parmer began to receive Social Security disability benefits due to becoming nearly blind. By at least 2013, Parmer’s vision had markedly improved.
Since 2013 Parmer consistently worked for several employers in Central Iowa and did not inform the SSA that his vision had improved or that he had returned to work.
From at least 2013 and continuing until 2020, Parmer knowingly concealed and failed to disclose to the SSA these events, which affected his right to continue to receive benefits.
Parmer did so with the intent to fraudulently secure payment of disability benefits. Parmer also lied about these matters in paperwork he submitted to the SSA. As a result of Parmer’s fraud, he received $234,552 in disability benefits to which he was not entitled.
