Las Vegas Woman Indicted for Fraudulently Obtaining Over $365,000 in Social Security Payments

U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Nevada

LAS VEGAS – A Las Vegas woman made her initial appearance in court on Tuesday before United States Magistrate Judge Daniel J. Albregts for allegedly fraudulently obtaining more than $365,000 in payments from the Social Security Administration (SSA).

According to allegations contained in court documents, beginning in April 2009 through February 2026, Narda Yvonne Locklear improperly received and converted the SSA benefit payments of her deceased grandmother for her own use. Because the SSA was unaware of the death, the SSA continued to deposit Social Security Retirement Insurance Benefits payments in the bank account. Locklear possessed a debit card issued in her grandmother’s name that allowed her access to the bank account. Additionally, she made false representations to the SSA in her application for Supplemental Security Income benefits and during redeterminations. As a result of the fraud scheme, Locklear obtained over $365,000 in SSA payments.

Locklear is charged with three counts of bank fraud, two counts of theft of government money, and one count of aggravated identity theft. If convicted, the maximum statutory penalty is 112 years in custody. A jury trial has been scheduled for May 18, 2026, before United States District Judge Andrew P. Gordon.

First Assistant United States Attorney Sigal Chattah for the District of Nevada and Special Agent-in-Charge Christian Assaad of the Social Security Administration, Office of the Inspector General, San Francisco Field Division, made the announcement.

The SSA OIG investigated the case. Special Assistant United States Attorney Joseph Weidhaas is prosecuting the case.