A Dominican national who lives in Lawrence used a fraudulently obtained U.S. passport to try to get Social Security disability benefits he isn't entitled to, federal prosecutors say.
Daniel Polonia Morillo, 57, also used fraudulently obtained documents to illegally obtain more than $40,000 in Medicaid benefits over a six-and-a-half-year period between March 2012 and October 2018 and more than $4,800 in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits during a three-and-a-half-year period between April 2015 and October 2018, according to a federal indictment made public Thursday in U.S. District Court in Boston.
A University of Pennsylvania study claims to have found a "causal link" between "time spent on social media and increased depression and loneliness," Science Daily reports.
The study examined the behaviors and moods of 143 participants, all undergraduates, and focused on three social media platforms, Snapchat, Instagram, and Facebook.
