Paulsboro Man Charged With Stealing $243,000; Collected His Father’s SS Benefits for 29 Years

TRENTON – Acting Attorney General John J. Hoffman announced that a Gloucester County man was indicted today for allegedly stealing more than $243,000 by fraudulently collecting Social Security benefits for his father for 29 years after the father died. The father had worked a second job using a false name and a second Social Security number he obtained in that name. When the father died, the son continued to collect benefits paid in connection with that false identity, for which no death was reported.Nicholas A. Severino Jr., 62, of Paulsboro, was indicted today by a state grand jury on a charge of second-degree theft. The charge is the result of an investigation by the Division of Criminal Justice and the Office of the Inspector General of the U.S. Social Security Administration.