Largest Social Security Fraud Scheme in American history
Trey will discuss the investigation and prosecution of Eric C. Conn, an Eastern Kentucky Social Security disability attorney who conspired with health care providers and Social Security administrative law judges to defraud the Social Security Administration of an estimated $550 million in disability payments. This case involved the largest Social Security fraud scheme in American history.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Trey Alford is a federal prosecutor in Kansas City, Missouri where he has prosecuted federal cases for the past ten years. Prior to serving as a federal prosecutor, Trey worked for two years as an Associate at Shook, Hardy & Bacon, a large Kansas City law firm, where he defended pharmaceutical manufacturers in products liability litigation. Prior to his stint in private practice, Trey served for seven years in the U.S. Army’s Judge Advocate General’s Corps attaining the rank of Major before resigning his commission.