Welfare Fraud woman caught! Unreal!

@newtalent (1112)
United States
May 31, 2010 3:53pm CST
I cannot understand why people try so hard to beat the system to gain benefits that they should not be receiving. How embarrassing to be caught in that type of mess. There are a lot of people that are in dire straits that cannot get any aid and this person and others like her take advantage of the system that is to be there for those that need assistance. Wow! Story below: http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2010/05/28/Maserati-owner-collected-welfare-benefits/UPI-97181275088789/
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@max1950 (2306)
• United States
31 May 10
these people should be made to pay back every cent and if they cant they can work it off in jail until they do at 1 dollar a day.
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@newtalent (1112)
• United States
1 Jun 10
Oh I am sure she will have to pay restitution or go to jail for a long time. It is something to see in the future. I just cannot believe the audacity of this woman. The shame is a big bonus now everyone that knows her will not want to be around her. Fraud is a thing.
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@laglen (19759)
• United States
31 May 10
very sad, I hope she is made to pay back every penny plus interest and tons of community service at a food bank or shelter so she can see what it looks like when you really do need it!
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@laglen (19759)
• United States
1 Jun 10
lol that would be funny
@newtalent (1112)
• United States
3 Jun 10
@newtalent (1112)
• United States
1 Jun 10
I think she will end up paying all that back and more. I think she have to volunteer in a shelter and help those people that needed the help for real to see what it is really like to be trying to survive. She should have to stand on street corners asking for money for organizations or something.
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@angemac23 (2003)
• Canada
31 May 10
Wow! I am so glad she got caught and I hope she is punished big time! I work my butt off everyday at work making a measly salary just to survive and barely make it by and here is someone using tax dollars that come off my measly check to cheat the system!! What is wrong with some people. On the same topic, I was talking to a woman the other day who was receiving welfare benefits and she was complaining about the system and how it was so wrong that she was not allowed any luxuries like a car, etc...can you imagine! She is sitting on her butt all day while I work and still can't afford luxuries and she was expecting hard working tax payers to buy her a car and other luxuries. Some people must have bad wiring in their brains to think like this!!
@newtalent (1112)
• United States
3 Jun 10
Yeah I would think so too. Now I don't have a huge problem with someone having a car, just having a quite expensive car, SUV.A business etc...... I mean if you children or have to travel far for work a car is needed but not a luxury car. This lady bilked out like $60,000, that's way to much money for one person. Now she will be known as a fraud.
• United States
31 May 10
I agree with you. My cousin is a single mom of three. She is about to get evicted from their home, because she cannot afford to pay her bills, food, etc. Anyway, she gets $300 a month in child support. She is on disability, but due to the $300 she gets in child support, she only gets a disability check for $55. And they won't let her sign up for welfare or food stamps because of the child support. I cannot believe this. I am a single mom of four. I work part time, but do not get any child support. But the county I live in gives me $800 a month for food stamps. How is this right? There are people out there like myself and my cousin who honestly need a little help. Thankfully, I am getting most of what I need. But then there are these people out there who are getting benefits that they shouldn't be, or the ones that keep having kids just so that they can get more money every month. Something needs to be done.
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@newtalent (1112)
• United States
1 Jun 10
This is crazy. I just cannot see how a person can manipulate the system for self preservation. Then people want to know why these programs get canceled. Its idiots like this that just destroy what is suppose to be helping. I could not deal with the embarrassment let alone jail time. Its hard enough to qualify when telling the truth as you both know. Its sad when everyone can be helped because of selfish people.Now she will have a few years to ponder.
• United States
31 May 10
You said it all correctly, this is what is wrong with our system. I live in Illinois and know a great deal of people who can't honestly find a job right now and the system, what system. There are those are not able to get the assistance, and then there are those manpulating the system, which leaves those that totally need it without. The entire system needs restructuring, but I am afraid there are more scammers then those that need that it is impossible for the government to keep up. I will pray for your cousin, hope she gets some sort of help. Have her keep looking, asking doing whatever it takes to get the help she needs.
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@kquiming (2997)
• Philippines
31 May 10
God, this is awfully embarrassing. Such thick-skinned, thick-faced people. Don't they realize that they're robbing from the ones who really need these aids the most? Hope those arrested people will learn their lesson this time.
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@newtalent (1112)
• United States
1 Jun 10
it is horrible when you do not know where your next meal is coming from. Not having a home to reside in. I believe in karma but sometimes it just takes too long. I pray for those that need help that they get it. I cant stand selfish people and hurtful people.They eventually get caught like she did. She is facing a lot of time and restitution as she should.
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• United States
31 May 10
They have absolutely no shame, they don't care about anyone but themselves. It is sad that we live in a country where people hurt their own. I mean the post above is a fine example. The woman is about to be evicted and can't get help to even eat, while there are those that strive daily to cheat and steal from people like her. So shame is something they do not even consider a waster of their time. Too sad.
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• United States
31 May 10
People are selfish. Instead of thinking that there are other people that really need the assistance let me go out and work they prefer to fraud the system, not knowing that there are system to catch them sooner then later.
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@newtalent (1112)
• United States
1 Jun 10
Its insane, I mean she has a business, cars, a house, what, did she a moment of forgetfulness? People are in prison for robbing banks to support their families , not that it makes it any better but I have more sympathy for them then this person who was greedy! She a real freakin' winner! It irritates me so much. Anyway I hope more get caught and save the system.
@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
1 Jun 10
hi newtalent this woman was really a monster, she had a home, a Maserati and yet she lies and they do not catch on, well wow, I got some assistance as I and my son were evicted but if we had had those assets we sure would have been fine. push comes to shove this idiot criminal could have sold that terribly expensive car and lived for years on the money she had spent on it.How did she manage to lie in such a way that they never checked on her statements? I mean she broke the law but those who helped her to get all those benefits also aided her, how come they never questioned her about the maserti or the house? unless she drove a clunker when going to the welfare office. also her clothes would not they be aq tip off that she had real money? Ipray to God every day for my social security and ssi checks, I am physically handicapped, that pay for my staying here as we had lost our apartment when my son lost his job.. He is getting a little help on gov.assisted apt for the three roommate and himself. as they are all still out of wo rk.
@cream97 (29087)
• United States
2 Jun 10
Hi, newtalent. I am just in total awe here. How in the world did she manage to just pull all of this off here??? I could not tell one lie on my TANF application without showing some kind of proof to verify it. Or to give more information on what I specified on the application. How did she manage to pull this off?? What she did was wrong! That is why it is so hard for others to receive benefits. It is because people that are like her! No wonder they reduced the welfare benefits to an lower amount now.
• United States
1 Jun 10
I have to say they really need to do prison time for theft and also when they get out have to pay back every single penny they stole. It irks me because there are those who really need help and people like this make it so hard for those who need it to get assistance.
@TheAdvocate (2392)
• Philippines
31 May 10
We barely have welfare here in the Philippines and so I cannot imagine how she could have amassed that amount. We do not have unemployment benefit probably because if we did then the government would go bankrupt. Nevertheless, greed is a universal trait, and the woman was simply greedy. There are a lot of people who depend on welfare while she had a Maserati!
@rosie230 (1696)
31 May 10
wow.... how the heck did she manage to get that much benefits.... You have to wonder how easy it is to get these benefits... Here in UK I get paid an amount of money every week, but I spend it on food etc, so it basically comes straight back out.. I certainly could not afford half the things this woman has got... it makes me wonder how many other people are beating them system, but not showing it in the way this woman did! It is disgusting that people can get away with this kind of thing, and it's good that this woman has been caught out...
@newtalent (1112)
• United States
1 Jun 10
I don't know how she did it, but come on common sense will tell you that you have to check and do your job. I mean in Florida they go out and take the tag number off the vehicles and match them up in the system . A simple background check and asset check is all it takes to find this information. Now I am going to take this further to explain how some of these individuals are getting away with it. In Florida you can only have less than $2000.00 in assets. SO you go buy a new car -no equity and basically qualify while driving a new car. Now I understand after you already have the stuff and things get hairy for you , but to live it up and get it to, that is wrong!
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@oldchem1 (8132)
1 Jun 10
This is a disgrace when so many families are struggling to get by in this day and age!!