MINNEAPOLIS. — An Austin woman pleaded guilty to stealing Social Security benefits that were intended for her dead mother. Mavious Redmond, age 55, began the fraud when her mother died in 1999. In all she collected $360.000. U.S. District Court before Judge Nancy Brasel put sentencing off until late spring. The chief federal prosecutor for Minnesota, Lisa Kirkpatrick, called the fraud deliberate. Last June, for example, Redmond personally visited a Social Security field office, posed as her mother, and submitted a form using her mother’s name, date of birth, and Social Security number. Redmond revisited the office a few days later and submitted documentation with the forged signature. During the period of the fraud, Redmond lived in California, Georgia, Indiana and Wisconsin.
Redmond. Addresses over the years in California, Georgia, Indiana, Wisconsin.