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Former client sues lawyer convicted of massive fraud scheme

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Eric Conn is escorted by SWAT team agents prior to his extradition, at the Toncontin International Airport, in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2017. Conn, a fugitive Kentucky lawyer who escaped before facing sentencing for his central role in a massive Social Security fraud case, was captured as he came out of a restaurant in the coastal city of La Ceiba. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo) ** FILE **

Eric C. Conn clients win reprieve in record-breaking Social Security scam

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Eric Conn was captured in Honduras and extradited in December. An extra 15 years in prison was added to his sentence for fleeing just before he was slated to testify in a trial against one of the doctors about his role in a massive Social Security fraud case. (Associated Press/File)

Other Eric Conn-type Social Security scams operating, whistleblowers say

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

The Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice Building in Washington. (Associated Press)

Social Security’s ‘Conn’ man gets 27 years in prison

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Eric Conn gestures as he invokes his Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. Conn had help in carrying out the escape plot he hatched a year before fleeing, according to a federal indictment. The indictment, released Monday, Oct. 16, 2017, alleges that an employee of Conn, the missing lawyer, opened a bank account that Conn used to transfer money out of the country. It also claims that the employee, Curtis Lee Wyatt, tested security at the U.S-Mexico border at Conn's direction, and purchased a pickup truck for use in Conn's escape in early June. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci, File)

Social Security fraud henchman nets 7-month sentence

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Eric Conn is escorted by SWAT team agents prior to his extradition, at the Toncontin International Airport, in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2017. Conn, a fugitive Kentucky lawyer who escaped before facing sentencing for his central role in a massive Social Security fraud case, was captured as he came out of a restaurant in the coastal city of La Ceiba. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo) ** FILE **

Eric C. Conn, Social Security con man, pleads guilty to jumping bail

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Eric Conn is escorted by SWAT team agents prior to his extradition, at the Toncontin International Airport, in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2017. Conn, a fugitive Kentucky lawyer who escaped before facing sentencing for his central role in a massive Social Security fraud case, was captured as he came out of a restaurant in the coastal city of La Ceiba. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo) ** FILE **

Eric Conn case: Feds offer 27-year plea deal to billion-dollar Social Security fraudster

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Eric Conn is escorted by SWAT team agents prior to his extradition, at the Toncontin International Airport, in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2017. Conn, a fugitive Kentucky lawyer who escaped before facing sentencing for his central role in a massive Social Security fraud case, was captured as he came out of a restaurant in the coastal city of La Ceiba. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo) ** FILE **

Eric Conn social security files may prove disability claims of Kentucky residents

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this Oct 7, 2013, file photo, attorney Eric Conn gestures as he invokes his Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. Conn, a fugitive Kentucky lawyer at the center of a nearly $600 million Social Security fraud case, has fled the country using a fake passport and has gotten help from someone overseas with a job to help support himself, the Lexington Herald-Leader reported Sunday, June 25, 2017. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci, File)

Curtis Lee Wyatt pleads guilty to helping Eric C. Conn escape U.S.

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In a Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2017 file photo, fugitive lawyer Eric Conn is taken into custody by FBI agents on the tarmac at Blue Grass Airport in Lexington, Ky. Conn is facing prosecution on charges he would have avoided if he had not vanished for six months to avoid prison. A federal prosecutor filed court papers signaling the government will try Conn on more than a dozen charges including mail fraud, wire fraud and money laundering. If convicted, Conn could spend the rest of his life in prison. (AP Photo/Matt Goins, File)

Conn’s henchman pleads guilty to role in Social Security fraudster’s stunning escape

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Dec. 5, 2017, file photo, fugitive lawyer Eric Conn is taken into custody by FBI agents on the tarmac at Blue Grass Airport in Lexington, Ky. A federal judge has ruled on Thursday, Dec. 28, 2017, that Coon, who went on the run in a more than $500 million Social Security fraud case must forfeit property put up for bond. WKYT-TV reports the judge ruled Thursday that Conn violated the terms of his bond. (AP Photo/Matt Goins, File)

Judge rules Kentucky lawyer who fled must forfeit bond

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This photo provided by the Honduras public magistrate's office shows Eric Conn with Technical Agency of Criminal Investigation (ATIC) agents after he was captured by police on Monday, Dec. 4, 2017, in the city of La Ceiba, Atlantida, Honduras. Conn, a fugitive Kentucky lawyer who escaped before facing sentencing for his central role in a massive Social Security fraud case, is expected to be transferred to the U.S. on Tuesday. (Honduras public magistrate's office via AP)

FBI nabs Eric Conn, Social Security scam leader, in Honduras

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

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Curtis Lee Wyatt pleads not guilty to helping Eric Conn escape

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Alfred Bradley Adkins, psychologist in massive Social Security fraud case, gets 25-year sentence

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Social Security fraud judge gets 4 years in prison

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Former judge sentenced to 4 years in Social Security case

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Eric C. Conn, one unscrupulous judge, pleaded guilty to paying off a network of doctors and psychologists to write fake medical reviews, and then paying the ALJ to rubber-stamp the applications. He is now on the lam. (Associated Press/File)

Eric Conn gets 12 years for Social Security fraud scheme

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Eric C. Conn, the man responsible for the largest Social Security disability fraud in history, was sentenced in absentia Friday to 12 years in prison. He is on the loose and wanted by authorities. (Photo courtesy of the FBI)

Eric Conn, Social Security fraudster, hit with $170 million penalty

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this Oct 7, 2013, file photo, attorney Eric Conn gestures as he invokes his Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. Conn, a fugitive Kentucky lawyer at the center of a nearly $600 million Social Security fraud case, has fled the country using a fake passport and has gotten help from someone overseas with a job to help support himself, the Lexington Herald-Leader reported Sunday, June 25, 2017. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci, File)

Eric Conn fraud whistle-blowers say they fear for their safety

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times