Federal Reserve unlawfully charges a disabled, retired Fed and Stanford University employee with crime of forgetting
10.8% of adults in America have serious difficulty concentrating, remembering, or making decisions
Dismissed charges against Lawrence Rufrano highlight need for better understanding and record keeping of cognitive disabilities in the workplace and government.
Lawrence’s ordeal makes clear the need to address neurodiversity in our workplaces and government. A disability is not a crime.”
— Dr. Anthony Chapman, psychiatrist
SAN FRANCISCO, CA, USA, March 8, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ — The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and Federal Judge Sarah Illston have dismissed all criminal charges against 67 year old Mr. Lawrence Rufrano (Case 3:21-cr-00086-SI). The Federal Reserve Board (the Fed) had alleged that while employed part-time at Stanford University’s Advanced Financial Technologies Lab and two law firms specializing in blockchain and AI, Mr. Rufrano intentionally faked an illness to collect disability payments.
The DOJ’s investigation showed Mr. Rufrano’s failure to report his employment while receiving disability payments was actually an oversight due to his cognitive disability. David Weichert, Mr. Rufrano’s attorney also showed Mr. Rufrano had repaid the Fed’s disability overpayments prior to [...]