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Eric Conn sentenced to additional 15 years

That sentence handed down to Eric Conn is for charges of fleeing the country in an effort to avoid prosecution.

Credit: AP Photo/Matt Goins, File

Fugitive lawyer Eric Conn is taken into custody by FBI agents on the tarmac at Blue Grass Airport in Lexington, Ky. A federal judge has ruled on Dec. 28 that Conn must forfeit property put up for bond. (AP Photo/Matt Goins, File)

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WHAS11) -- An Eastern Kentucky attorney who masterminded the largest social security fraud in history has been sentenced to an additional 15 years in prison.

That sentence handed down to Eric Conn is for charges of fleeing the country in an effort to avoid prosecution. This means Conn is now scheduled to spend 27 years in prison.

He was previously sentenced to 12 years for defrauding the government of $500 million in disability benefits.

Conn spent six months on the run after pleading guilty to those charges but was captured in Honduras in December.

MORE: Eric Conn permanently disbarred by Kentucky Supreme Court

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