A Long Island man's yearslong scheme to collect disability benefits all the while he trained for bodybuilding competitions and owned and operated a limousine business was foiled by a series of social media posts, state officials said.
A Long Island man's yearslong scheme to collect disability benefits all the while he trained for bodybuilding competitions and owned and operated a limousine business was foiled by a series of social media posts, state officials said.
Instagram posts chronicling Anthony Ragusa's physical transformation as a bodybuilder helped the state attorney general's office nail the fraudster for illegally collecting benefits totaling more than $200,000. Ragusa, 52, pleaded guilty to second-degree grand larceny last week in front of a State Supreme Court judge.
For the years between 2015 and 2020, Ragusa had been accused of collecting benefits on injuries he reportedly sustained back in 2013 from an on the job fall. At the time he worked as an electrician, according to benefits paperwork.
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