In recent news, a Kentucky disability lawyer named Eric C. Conn – who plead guilty in March to a $550 million Social Security fraud scheme – is on the run. Early in June, the con man removed his electronic monitoring device and fled. The U.S. District Court has since issued a warrant for his arrest.

The social security program is meant to help people. But some shameless individuals use it to help themselves, and in doing so commit a serious crime.