Patricia A. White, a 70-year-old resident of Old Greenwich, Connecticut, was sentenced on April 27 to nine months in prison for submitting false and fraudulent claims for unclaimed property to state treasuries. United States District Judge Karoline Mehalchick also ordered White to pay $1,208,271.40 in restitution to approximately 30 state treasuries.
According to United States Attorney Brian D. Miller, White and her brother Henry A. White, Jr., received over $1.2 million through fraudulent claims from state treasuries across the country over a period of about ten years beginning in 2013. Henry White used the names of corporate entities with which he had no lawful authority or affiliation to apply for and receive unclaimed property from various states. State treasuries relied on certifications provided by Henry White under penalty of perjury and issued payment checks that were sent by mail to the shared address of both defendants.
The funds obtained through this scheme were deposited into a joint bank account and used for personal expenses such as mortgage payments on their Connecticut home. Patricia White admitted during her guilty plea that she personally deposited some of these fraudulently obtained checks.
Henry A. White was previously sentenced on December 17, 2025, receiving a term of 37 months in prison along with an order to pay the same restitution amount as his sister.
White is scheduled to surrender herself to the Bureau of Prisons on May 8.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation investigated the case while Assistant U.S. Attorney Ravi Romel Sharma prosecuted it.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania prosecutes federal crimes and manages civil cases within its jurisdiction covering 33 counties and serves about 3.2 million residents according to its official website. The office operates under the United States Department of Justice according to its official website and maintains facilities in Harrisburg, Scranton, Williamsport, and Wilkes-Barre according to its official website. Its initiatives include Project Safe Neighborhoods as well as re-entry services aimed at reducing recidivism according to its official website.
