Man accused of collecting dead parents’ Social Security

LINCOLNTON, N.C. — A 46-year-old Denver man is accused by authorities of continuing to receive his parents’ Social Security checks years after they died.

Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office Detective Lt. Hal Kluttz said in a statement that Timothy Mark Camp continued to receive the payments over a six-year period between 2000 and 2006 after his
parents died.

Kluttz said the checks totaled more than $41,000.

Camp was arrested and released from Harven A. Crouse Detention Center on a $8,500 secured bond.

The Social Security Administration is also investigating.

The address listed under Camp’s name did not have a phone number listed. It wasn’t immediately known if Camp had hired an attorney.

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