A former Haverhill man was charged in federal court in Boston with receiving about $88,000 in allegedly stolen Social Security disability benefits over a period of more than five years.
Christopher D. Leon, now 56, was charged with receiving stolen government money or property. He will appear in federal court in Boston at a later date. Prosecutors say Leon received the benefits between November 2019 and August 2025.
This past March, U.S. Attorney Leah B. Foley announced the creation of the Benefit & Voter Fraud Team, a district-wide initiative established in response to, what her office calls, “rampant fraud being uncovered across Massachusetts.” The Team is led by two senior federal prosecutors serving as fraud coordinators, whose mission it is to aggressively investigate and prosecute misuse of benefits.