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Smith County Man Guilty of Stealing Government Property

Posted/updated on: January 4, 2013 at 4:20 pm
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Federal Courthouse-ATYLER — A Tyler man has pleaded guilty to stealing government property. Raymond Kyle Welsh, 33, pleaded guilty yesterday before U.S. Magistrate Judge Judith K. Guthrie. to an Information charging him with theft of government property. Welsh faces up to 10 years in federal prison, restitution of $240,569.19 and forfeiture of $26,588.00 at sentencing. A sentencing date has not been set.

Federal prosecutors say from January 2003 to September 2010, Welsh concealed and failed to disclose his financial resources and income in order to receive Social Security and Medicaid benefits. Welsh stole approximately $26,588.00 from the Social Security Administration in the form of Social Security Supplemental Income (SSI) payments and $213,981.19 from the Department of Health and Human Services in the form of Medicaid benefits. Welsh admitted that he knew he was not entitled to the benefits and that they belonged to the United States government..



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