Ex-New Mexico Lawyer Gets 37-Month Prison Term In Fraud Case

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A former lawyer for the New Mexico Workers' Compensation Administration has been sentenced to 37 months in federal prison for Social Security fraud and wire fraud. Prosecutors say 61-year-old Juanita Roibal-Bradley of Albuquerque was accused of defrauding the Social Security Administration of more than $40,000 and an estate and its beneficiaries of almost $572,000. She's been ordered to pay nearly $18,000 in restitution to the SSA with the amount of restitution to the estate heirs to be determined later by the court. Roibal-Bradley was an administrative judge at the state WCA from 2003 to 2007. She was indicted for providing legal services for an estate between 2012 and 2013 when she was prohibited from practicing law and fraudulently transferring estate funds to her bank account. Roibal-Bradley pleaded guilty in February.