BOSTON — An East Weymouth woman was sentenced in federal court on Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026, for fraudulently obtaining Social Security benefits over more than five years.
According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts, Debora A. Siler, 68, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Leo Sorokin to time served, approximately one day in prison, followed by three years of supervised release. She was also ordered to pay $62,885 in restitution.
Siler pleaded guilty in September 2025 to one count of bank fraud after she was charged the previous month.
According to federal prosecutors, from June 2015 through September 2020, Siler fraudulently obtained approximately $61,685 in Social Security benefits as well as a $1,200 COVID economic impact payment.
Prosecutors say Siler had access to the checkbook and debit card of a Social Security beneficiary who died in May 2015. Instead of reporting the beneficiary’s death to the Social Security Administration or the bank where the benefits were deposited, Siler forged the deceased individual’s name on several checks and regularly withdrew funds from the beneficiary’s bank account using the debit card.
United States Attorney Leah Foley and Amy Connelly, special agent-in-charge of the Social Security Administration, Office of the Inspector General, Office of Investigations, Boston Field Division made the announcement.
The case was prosecuted by Special Assistant U.S. Attorney James Nagelberg of the Major Crimes Unit of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts.