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Posted: 4:04 PM Nov 20, 2009
Man Who Claimed Disability Spotted on TV Show
California tax officials say an interior
designer's false disability claim was uncovered when he was spotted
on a home improvement television show.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - California tax officials say an interior
designer's false disability claim was uncovered when he was spotted
on a home improvement television show.
Fifty-six-year-old Ronald Hunt of Los Angeles was sentenced
Tuesday to 200 hours of community service and ordered to pay more
than $180,000 in restitution, unpaid taxes and fines. He pleaded
guilty to two felony counts of fraud.
The state's Franchise Tax Board says Hunt falsely claimed he was
disabled for three years and collected almost $150,000 in benefits,
while earning about $400,000 in income as an interior designer.
An employee of the insurance company that was paying Hunt's
benefits saw Hunt on a Home and Garden Television program and
reported him to the state Department of Insurance.
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