4 charged with abusing, stealing benefits from disabled Pa. women – NBC10 Philadelphia

4 charged with abusing, stealing benefits from disabled Pa. women  NBC10 Philadelphia

Four people are charged with abusing and stealing government benefits from two intellectually disabled women in Pennsylvania. James Aloysius Byrne Federal Courthouse in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on August 27, 2016. (Photo By Raymond Boyd/Getty Images) Four people are accused of abusing and stealing government benefits from two intellectually disabled women. On Wednesday, United States Attorney David Metcalf announced that Michael Swanson, 43, David Dziobczynski, 54, and Caitlyn Eusden Swanson, 26, all of Chester, Pennsylvania, and Nicole Swanson, 39, of Upper Darby, Pa., were arrested and charged with conspiracy to commit wire and mail fraud and related offenses. Stream Philadelphia News for free, 24/7, wherever you are with NBC10. According to an indictment, the four suspects ran a scam to obtain and steal Social Security Administration benefits and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits from a pair of intellectually disabled women.

Michael Swanson and Nicole Swanson "groomed, lured, and enticed" the two victims to live with them as a "family" group at a home in Chester that was owned by Dziobczynski, and at other locations. Michael Swanson deepened his control over the victims, officials allege, through a variety of means, including engaging in illegal sexual acts with them — which they lacked the capacity to consent to, according to court documents. Resources for victims of sexual assault are available through the National