john caltabiano jr. pretended to be blind .
on the date of his disability hearing in hudson , new york , last fall , caltabiano had his girlfriend lead him into the building .
the new york man , 49 , said he had lost his sight in a workplace accident at a cement company in 2006 and , since then , he bumps into things and hurts himself at home .
scammer john caltabiano , jr. is seen wearing shades as he sits behind the wheel of a teal pickup truck and staring at the camera as he walks without help into a store in photos that aired friday on " nightline . "
between april 2008 and october 2010 , caltabiano an upstate new york man who pretended to be blind to collect worker 's comp was captured on camera by investigators driving a car , going shopping and hitting the gym , new images show .
” the money stolen through benefit fraud belongs to taxpayers , and it from the u.s. attorney 's office , northern district of new york : albany , new york – john w. caltabiano , jr. , age 49 , of catskill , new york , was sentenced today to serve 57 months in prison after a jury found him guilty in october of fraudulently obtaining federal and state disability benefits .
but what he did n’t know was just a few days prior , investigators had caught caltabiano on video appearing to be reading something .
on october 16 , 2015 , following a two - week trial , a jury found caltabiano and co - defendant colleen mccarten guilty of conspiracy to commit mail fraud , five counts of mail fraud , and theft of government property .
in another video , investigators had caught catskill , n.y. ( news10 ) – a catskill man was the subject of “ nightline ” friday after being sentenced for benefit fraud .