PATERSON, NJ – A Paterson man has been arrested for stealing Social Security Benefits, according to Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez.
Suarez said that on Friday, members of the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Public Integrity-Special Investigations Unit and the Social Security Administration Office of the Inspector General arrested Wayne Sessons on charges related to the theft of Social Security benefits.
Suarez wrote:
Sessons, age 52, of Paterson, was arrested without incident at the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office in Jersey City. He has been charged on a Complaint-Summons with Theft by Deception in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:20-4, a third-degree crime. Following his arrest, Sessons was processed and released. His first court appearance is scheduled for Tuesday, August 2, 2022 in Central Judicial Processing Court in Jersey City.
An investigation by the Office of the Inspector General revealed that Sessons deceived the United States Social Security Administration by not advising of the death of his mother. He then used the proceeds of her retirement insurance and Supplemental Security Income benefits for his own personal use in the approximate amount of $17,000.