OHIO
Cincinnati Enquirer
Kevin Grasha, kgrasha@enquirer.com
May 4, 2018
A Covington man used another person’s identity to try to collect $1 million from a settlement fund for victims of sexual abuse by the Catholic Church, court documents say.
According to a federal indictment unsealed this week, the 32-year-old Covington man had already been awarded $750,000 for a claim he filed in 2006. The charges he faces do not involve that claim.
Prosecutors say he obtained the birth certificate of another person, created an email address in that person’s name, and in 2014 submitted a fraudulent claim for compensation as part of the settlement involving the Diocese of Covington.
Prosecutors say he used the person’s name, date of birth and social security number in the compensation request, which was for approximately $1 million.
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