Kentucky psychologist convicted in disability fraud scheme

June 12, 2017

On Monday, June 12, 2017, jurors found Kentucky psychologist Alfred Bradley Adkins guilty of conspiracy, mail fraud, wire fraud and making a false statement on a record submitted to the Social Security Administration.

He took part in a massive disability fraud scheme in Eastern Kentucky along with attorney Eric C. Conn and Social Security judge David B. Daugherty.  Adkins was charged with signing mental-impairment evaluations on clients of attorney Eric C. Conn that Adkins had not actually examined.  Prosecutor Elizabeth Garland Wright said that Adkins received about $200,000 while taking part in the scheme. 

His sentencing is scheduled for September 22.

SOURCE: Bill Estep, "Pikeville psychologist convicted of fraud in disability cases of lawyer Eric Conn," Lexington Herald Leader, 12 Jun 2017, http://www.kentucky.com/news/state/article155708344.html.