Immigrant gets prison time for stealing from Social Security

Published November 27, 2009 5:00am ET



A 59-year-old immigrant from Afghanistan living in Springfield has been ordered to pay back the $111,000 he stole from the Social Security Administration.

Mohammad Husseini was also sentenced to six months in prison, court records show. He became a U.S. citizen in 1978.

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