Rensselaer Woman Indicted in $668,884 Social Security and NYS Pension Fraud Scheme

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The U.S. Department of Justice announced that Kimberly Cardella, 59, of Rensselaer, New York, was arraigned on charges of bank fraud, aggravated identity theft and theft of government property in an alleged $668,884 benefits fraud scheme. The indictment alleges that Cardella wrote checks for personal expenses from her mother-in-law’s account, which continued receiving Social Security and state pension payments after her mother-in-law died in 2009 because the agencies were unaware of her death.