TUCSON – The owner of a Tucson plumbing company, Kevin Cummings, was sentenced to prison on Tuesday after pleading guilty to Providing a False Statement Related to Social Security.
Cummings, age 51, must also pay $305,371.20 in restitution to the Social Security Administration (SSA) and a $200,000 fine. Cummings must surrender to serve his prison sentence on January 7, 2021.
In his plea agreement, Cummings, admitted that in February 2003 he began to collect disability benefits from the SSA. In 2006, the SSA discovered that Cummings received employee wages during 2005 and 2006 while he also collected disability. When the SSA inquired about the wages, Cummings admitted that he caused one of his employees, on multiple occasions, to make false representations concerning his employment status with his plumbing companies.
Cummings also admitted that he concealed from the SSA that he was working, while continuing to collect disability benefits from 2005 through January 2014. Cummings’ dishonesty resulted in a loss to the SSA totaling approximately $305,371.20.
Editor’s Note: Cummings Plumbing, the Tucson plumbing company involved in this case, should not be confused with Tucson Plumbing Company.