Siblings Scam States, Face Prison

0:00A 70-year-old woman from Greenish, Connecticut just got hit with 9 months in federal prison for a slick fraud scheme that raked in over 1.2 million dollars in unclaimed property, all with help from her brother. The duo, Patricia and Henry White, cooked up fake claims using corporate names they had no right to, hitting up state treasuries nationwide, and those. States trusted the phony certifications enough to cut checks mailed right to their shared home. This scam stung taxpayers hard as the siblings cash those checks and blew the cash on personal stuff like mortgage payments, leaving states short. On funds that should have stayed safe, her 76-year-old brother Henry already caught a tougher 37-month sentence back in December, and both owe the full restitution to, make things right. Patricia's surrenders to prison on May 8th are a reminder that family schemes like this eventually catch up, no matter how clever they seem. That's the story for today, Hartford News Today, driven by AI, I'm Corey with the story.