It's crazy how people that DON'T need it get it, but people that actually NEED that help can't

Maybe he is partially blind ... after all, he didn't see this coming!

people like him make it hard for the people who really need it

I know of a guy who was disabled and was on disability. He was charged with disability fraud and the state brought pictures and video of the guy working in his yard, shopping and other activities where he appeared to have no trouble getting around. It looked like an open and shut case, until the guy came to court with the help of his identical twin brother. It was his brother in all the pictures. His bother doing his yard work and his shopping for him because he couldn't do it. The judge was pissed, saying that it was known the man had a twin brother, but they just assumed it was him.

Meanwhile, there's people whom wait a year to get disability and actually suffer day by day.

This pisses me off my husband had 2 strokes with in 14 days apart, that left him paralyze on the right side and it took him 1 and 1/2 years to get on disability.

I love how the reporter was committed to her job after chasing him down on his own property. Going above and BEYOND.

This makes it so hard for ppl who need it to get it.

All disability claims should be verified by doctors, physical therapists, and other specialists, not only once but periodically.

This shit makes me mad and upset cause i am a mother to a blind 11 year old boy. Im glad he got caught.

I went Blind for 7 years. I had to go through blind school in Seattle. As a blind person, you know the layout of your house, how many steps from where you are to where you’re going. Your “Stick” (Blind cane) gives you a LOT of feedback on the types of terrain, stairs, what’s around you. Other than writing checks or reading your bills, you can function very independently. Computer’s have programs in which it can read to you. Other computer programs allow you to speak to your computer and it’ll type whatever you want. This idiot who claimed to be blind deserves prison with a mandatory blindfold until he’s released.

this goes on a lot in england, people on disability and living a good life with holidays abroad, nice cars etc etc. i had osteoarthritis in my left hip and suffered every day. i evan worked a ten hour shift as a cook in a carehome every saturday and sunday, struggling to walk and evan in more pain at the end of my shift. i applied for pip and was told that i need to come for a face to face interview, i decided to pull out and cancel my claim for pip as i was told by a couple of people that evan tho i'm struggling to walk, those pen pushers behind their desks would say but you can walk. so i wasn't willing to give them the satisfaction of turning me down for my request for help and the pip payment, i finally got my hip replacement as it was canceled twice due to covid and i'm so much better and able to walk with no pain and discomfort. there are so many people on disability milking the system and it's those corrupt disability cheats that spoil it for the genuine people. so glad these people in this video have been caught out and having to pay it all back, and rightly so as it's hard workers tax money....

I was born with several disabilities that keep me from standing or walking very long without immense pain and I keep getting denied for disability. This is disgusting.

I wish my job was to stalk people trying to get away with disability fraud.

Twenty years ago I worked with a man, whose friend had a degenerative eye disease, that really did make him blind. To a certain extent that is. Because he passed his driver's test, & was considered legally blind. He was supposedly the only man in Kansas that could claim both, & they were proud of it. They said legally blind wasn't totally blind, & it could mean a lot of things.

I remember I had a college professor who was legally blind. One time I was walking to the campus gym and I ran into him and he told me he was gonna get something from his car. He was parked in the disability area. I later asked him if he drove and he said he could not drive because he was blind. And I guess he sensed my confusion and he said, "My wife comes to school with me sometimes and she drives". And I was like oh!!!

They should arrest him for driving blind 😂😂😂

He doesn’t lose his house? But people that can’t pay taxes lose a house?

Social security fraud is a massive problem in the UK too. I personally know several people who are scamming the system. I'd just love to be an investigator.

I left my job in Nov. 2019 due to diabetes damaging the retina in my good eye. My other eye was legally blind since I was a kid. I filed for disability in August of 2020. They took until Oct. 2021 to approve me. Did I get a huge retroactive check for the months between filing and approval? HELL NO! They said I wasn't disabled until July 2021 and that I had to remain disabled for 5 months after they determined I was disabled, before I get my first check. And even then, it's an additional month for that first check to arrive so I didn't start collecting until April 2022. I bet the people in this video got approved in an instant.

A year in jail? Give him 10 years and nobody's going to do this kind of SH*T.

One yr. In jail? They should get 1 yr for every year they took disability!

All that fraud and theft must be repaid.

Thats angering. I am legally blind. Not totally blind. It is frustrating not to be able to drive since i work full time… this guy should go to prison!

His EX wife needs jail time too. She knew about the fraud and spent that money knowingly.

I used to be a photographer that worked for the insurance fraud investigators back in the 80's. Sitting for hours, sometimes days, just waiting for the subject to slip up. It was the most boring job I ever had, but it paid quite well.

I do disability claims for firefighters and police men most of them vets, these heroes endure a lot on the job & truly suffer and lay their lives to protect the community both physically and mentally

Disability cases should be investigated way more than what they are now.

I've been denied 5 times and I'm really sick with end stage kidney failure. And these people get approved and they're liars.

My brother had MS and finally sent home from his job due to his falling and shaking. Filed and turned down several times before approved due to people like this who cause actual disabled people being given hard time.

If I could find a way to fake being blind for the benefits I would. I hate working, too. 🤣

“Surveillance Folks. It can be challenging work” 😂 I love the sarcasm.

how did he get anything without having a eye doctor report

I'm disabled and can't get it because of people like this.

Ok this pisses me off to no end 😤 my sister has been 100% blind in both eyes since she was 8 weeks old. She get barely 800$ a month S.S . to live on . How do these lying scammers get so much money that they can go on a vacation anywhere? Please someone explain this to me .

"I cannot see, i am legally blind. I did not drive the getaway vehicle. They just asked for a ride. Alright, I can just barely see"🤣

It's people like that that ruin it for disabled people. My husband was disabled. It started out as crohns disease and progressed into numerous ailments. Disability denied him year after year and we lost everything, house, furniture, kids toys, you name it. When he went to his last disability hearing the judge asked him why he was so tan. My husband stated that because he could no longer drive that our doctor told him to get out to sit on the porch and get some sun for the benefits. People were watching him because they said he " looked " too healthy. He finally got his disability but it was too late. He had renal failure, adrenal gland failure, spinal deterioration, crohns disease, etc. By the time it was all said and done, my husband was in a hospital bed in the livingroom unable to wipe his own butt or shower without my assistance. Sadly he died april 18, 2013 just 3 days before his 37th birthday. Everyone thought that because he was such a big guy that he was faking it. My children are now without a father. The youngest were 5 and 7 at the time.

When your own Lawyer throws you under the bus....you are screwed.

If this person was claiming blindness as a disability then why wasn’t that information forwarded to Motor Vehicles for a driver’s license status change. People with seizure disorders can’t operate vehicles so why would a blind person be allowed to???

He didn't say he was blind, said he couldn't see his blind spots

"I sit in the dark and listen to TV!" "I can't move around my house I keep bumping into things!" ... Said no blind person ever.

maybe he couldn't see what he was doing wrong

It doesn't do any good. Someone I know wife had an accident with a truck, and she went on Disability for a hurt back. I went over to his house one morning to pick him up so we could go fishing. His wife was pushing a lawnmower. I asked him if his wife was ok now, He told me that there was never anything wrong with his wife and they had lied about the injury, not only that he bragged that he bribed the Doctor to falsify the paperwork. I wrote a letter to the Social Security Administration, I know they received it because I sent it by certified mail and someone had to sign for it. NOTHING his wife is still collecting Disability and mowing the lawn

💯 true glad they’re doing something about it

It's pretty funny when your attorney calls you a fraud 😆😆😆

225 million return to us the tax payers? I never got a check back or see my neighborhood improved

People like this ruin it for those who truly are disabled.

I wish they would make videos and investigate how many times the insurance companies defraud people who have coverage and they deny claims automatically in hopes they won't bother fighting it. I also see insurance companies cutting coverage when therapists and clinical staff state they are not ready to leave treatment...but they have a doctor spend 10 minutes looking over case and saying no....with many of these people leaving treatment to relapse or die from suicide, happens more than people know.

I would never lie about a serious injury or death, cause with my luck, it'll end up actually happening.

I had a friend from childhood staying at our house and she had applied for SSDI in 2008. I asked her why she needed disability and she said are you kidding me, I’m in pain 24/7. She was an alcoholic and addicted to opioids. She was getting opioids from a doctor in Lincoln city, OR, and a pain clinic in Bullhead City, AZ. She finally got a appointment with a SSDI Judge in 2018. The Judge can see all the doctors she was getting opioids from and the addiction is what’s causing the pain. She’s a con artist and thinks she can talk anyone into doing what she wants. I don’t know if she received SSDI, or not.

He should be put in jail for grand theft.

I would spend the rest of my life investigating these frauds. It would give me the most rewarding feeling ever!

After he received that money ...his eyes and ears open... what a miracle 🤣🤣🤣

You could say that this guy had a “blind spot” in his plans. I’ll show myself out now.

Took my partner 10 years to get disability because of a major heart attack (which part of his heart is still not functioning but they say they can only fix it if he has another heart attack and have told him he would not live through it} He is on a hot list to the heart surgery unit. They kept denying him year after year. Told him he could get a job raking leaves.... what B.S.

how ironic. he's not blind, yet still didn't "see" this coming.

I don't know, but it seems like it would be easier just to get a damn job.

It's a miracle ! The blind can see, and the crippled can walk !

Most of the country is piggybacking off of us who pay the most taxes

Ex-wife didn’t turn him in when she was spending his free money, she was part of this how does she get away?

Meanwhile they put military vets through hell to the help they need. Getting my dad approved through the VA took almost 2 years of paperwork, interviews, and medical reviews before he could even have his first appointment.

I had a coworker who claimed that he fell in a hole at work and was disabled. We had video footage of him tripping and walking around unharmed right after. He had been vocal about preexisting injuries from other jobs and how it affected him. We also had documentation proving that those issues weren’t from working with us. He was still awarded disability and our company had to contribute to the disability check. No on was interested in watching the video or documentation to show that he was working the system. The HR did receive a call demanding that we create a job for him that would fit within the limitations that his doctor gave. He couldn’t bend over and look through files. He wasn’t supposed to sit for long periods of time.

To be fair judging on how people drive most people are blind

Aren't most of these claims backed up with doctor reports? Are any doctors being prosecuted as an accomplice?

I like how the ex wife was good during the vacations. But when they weren’t together he was a criminal and she was a bystander.

Lmao july 9th 2008 was my 4th birthday 😭😭💀

People like this make me so mad. There are people with REAL disabilities that are still unable to get disability because they cannot afford an attorney to help them to obtain said benefits. There should be a better system set up to get these benefits to the ones that really do need them. There are problems within the system that handles these claims. They also need to be investigated.

I'm in a wheelchair with MS. This pisses me off!

What's the point of busting them and lying that the tax payers are getting it back. When the debt is almost never recovered and it sure as heck is never seen by a taxpayer

The writers of this piece had WAY too much fun with the "blind" puns.

If only ABC took the same time to do stories on corporations stealing from us and holding them accountable. How amazing would that be?

Police: How are you driving when you're blind? Moron: God took the wheel.

I thought Juju Chang was talking to me when this aired in 2016. I was like, Excuse me?!?!!?

This is sad!! My husband has very bad back pain and sometimes can’t even walk or sit because he is in pain! constantly trying to get comfortable yet he still goes to work everyday hasn’t called in , in over 5 years!! My man is sooo amazing!! I admire him he is such a hard working man!! ❤️❤️❤️

as a person with a "disability" this makes me sick to see people do this.

Politicians do the same thing, they don’t even hide, we pay for luxury cars, vacations, security for them and their families etc

My neighbor got disability after 2 years of unemployment. He was obese but able to work. But after 5 more years of sitting home, he ate himself up to 600 pounds and almost lost his foot to diabetes. Now he's in a nursing home. The doctor that signed destroyed his life.

A year in jail!?! For stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars? It should be more like 5 years.

A blind man shouldn't be driving. That's dangerous!

"IF he hadn't been caught do you think he'd still be collecting?" Duh. Of course he would.

A woman was medically retired from a Fire Depart with a back injury. She was later filmed riding jumpers and competing in a horse show. Handicapped plates for motorcycles seems strange.

These people are disgusting. They should be charged with theft and locked up.

How does someone live the "high life" off disability payments? They don't pay much.

What about the doctors that fraudulently diagnosed them? They shouldn't be practicing anymore.

When you catch a blind man driving you have really caught something 🤣🤣🤣

"Totally Blind, Driving, and Social Security Fraud" coming to a theater near you.

I’ve been blind in one eye my whole life. In 48 years I’ve never received a dime of disability

I fought for 4 years to get disability and this makes me so angry.

Thank God there are actually people investigating these “disabled” folks. I work hard and pay way too much in taxes to watch it go to frauds.

When my dad had cancer we asked for help n got denied ,they asked us if he had little kid's yeah at 52 with cancer, sadly he did pass away in 2006 n here is this guy living his best life...there's a special place for people like this...

She didn't mind benefitting from it when he was carrying her, though.

''It looks like he's reading''. I am dead.

I had to have my doctor, two hospitals telling how I can't work. This is going 2 years with no money waiting until I can have a court case. Some people gets disability at a drop of a hat. This makes it so hard for people like me having to survive on $1000 a month. Try living on that. I use to make good money but what the gov. thinks I should live on. My husband works after surgery on both knees, both surgeries, a knee replacement and rhumitoid artritious, (can't spell it). He still works because we can't afford for both of us to be on disability. I feel like crap because I can't get a job and help my family. Don't look at someone on disability and think they look ok, because you don't know whats wrong with them. I destroyed my hand and it help together by metal, but thats not the worst. They gave my a antibiotic that I have never taken so how would I know I was alergic to it? It cooked my intestines. Same sympton as sever Chroms. Since it's not Chromes the med's don't work. Try crapping what you eat 5 minutes after you eat it. I almost died and after a long hospital stay they realized nothing works. Guess what the side effects of pain meds are? Constipation. I have never been so happy to be stopped up in my life. I had rather dig poop out than crap 25 times a day and have no energy to get out of bed. Sorry this is so long but I REALLY don't have a life and only see my family and sometimes it get hard so I talk (type) way to much, Sorry🙃

It's fools like this that makes it so damned hard for everybody else that tries to get on disability that really truly deserves it.

glad when they caught... my husband lived less than a year after he started receiving his disability... so unfair to the rest of us...

Maybe he's just got really good intuition.

I needed it, spent a year fighting for it, was treated like I'm trying to steal something. I've paid taxes since I was 9

This is sickening! People like my brother who actually NEED disability benefits have to wait the 2+ year wait term to get on disability. I will keep these people in my prayers

Lol. I'm convinced people in prison make more than I do by having disability.

This the government fault , Letting this go on , There is a healthy 20 year old kid, collecting disability here in Florida , He said he is learning disabled , He is riding WaveRunners and quads, if he's learning disabled shouldn't be riding machinery ? This is unfair to the people that are sick and disabled, I hope this fraudster gets caught and goes to jail,