Pickerington Man Charged with Conspiracy to Deceive Commissioner of Social Security Administration

Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, today announced that a one-count information was filed charging Charles Glover, age 41, of Pickerington, Ohio, with conspiracy to deceive the commissioner of the Social Security Administration.

The information charges that from on or about January 1, 2009, through on or about January 12, 2010, Glover conspired and agreed to provide false information to the commissioner of Social Security with respect to records the commissioner is required to keep. The object of the conspiracy was to provide false information concerning the true identity of other people who obtained new Social Security numbers.

The information charges that Charles Glover, who was a district manager for the Social Security Administration in Columbus, Ohio, conspired with Damian Hileman, a co-conspirator who was charged by separate information, and who operated Internet websites offering services to obtain new Social Security numbers. In so doing, customers were told that they could disguise a poor credit history and create a fresh credit history with a new Social Security number. Hileman fraudulently represented that the services were legal, knowing that the manner in which the Social Security numbers would be obtained was, in fact, illegal. In or about March, 2009, Hileman forwarded a customer’s information to Glover at the Social Security Office in Columbus, Ohio. Glover then began processing the customer’s request for a new Social Security number outside of the normal process required and without the required supporting documents.

On or about May 15, 2009, Glover, directed a Social Security employee to process a request for a new social security number without the required supporting documents. As a result of this action, false information concerning the true identity of this individual was provided in records the commissioner of Social Security is required to keep.

If convicted, the defendant’s sentence will be determined by the court after review of factors unique to this case, including the defendant’s prior criminal record, if any, the defendant’s role in the offense and the characteristics of the violations. In all cases, the sentences will not exceed the statutory maximum and, in most cases, it will be less than the maximum.

The investigation preceding the indictment was conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation -Youngstown Resident Office, and the Social Security Administration, Office of the Inspector General. The case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney David M. Toepfer.

An information is only a charge and is not evidence of guilt. A defendant is entitled to a fair trial in which it will be the government’s burden to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.