The FBI has addressed the disappearance of former attorney Eric C. Conn in a roundtable with the media.
Conn, who pleaded guilty in March in connection with a social security disability scheme, was facing 12 years in prison.
Conn was at the center of an 18-count indictment alleging an intricate scheme to fraudulently obtain disability and health care benefits. He pleaded guilty to one count of stealing from the Social Security Administration and one count of bribing a judge.
The disability benefits of over 900 Eastern Kentucky residents represented by Conn were frozen pending a review by the Social Security Administration.
http://liarcatchers.com/contact.php
Conn had been previously accused of improper practice involving his law firm. In October 2013, he was the focus of a Senate investigation. The investigation alleged that Conn wrote medical reports and paid physicians to approve them without conducting a physical exam of the patients. Judge David B. Daugherty was also accused of approving Conn’s cases for Social Security disability payouts without scrutiny, while psychologist Dr. Bradley Adkins is accused of falsifying medical records to secure favorable rulings for Conn’s clients.
Last week, the FBI issued a warrant for Conn’s arrest. He had removed his ankle monitor and has since disappeared. The device was located discarded along I-75 Friday night. A press release from the FBI states that the device was in a backpack in the area of exit 115 in Lexington.
The FBI believes that Conn is still in the United States although former employees of the attorney testified that he threatened to flee to Cuba if he got in trouble.
The judge ruled that Conn was not a flight risk and released him on home incarceration.
The FBI is offering a $20K reward for information on Conn’s whereabouts.
Anyone with information is asked to call FBI Louisville at (502) 263-6000.
