9/19/17
by News Department on 09/19/17Welfare Fraud...
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) filed welfare fraud charges against 73 individuals between July 1 and July 31, 2017.
Inspector General Bruce R. Beemer said July’s cases range from a combination in SNAP, medical assistance and LIHEAP fraud in far northwestern Erie County to SNAP fraud in south-central Franklin County.
The OIG filed 35 criminal cases of fraudulently receiving public assistance in Pennsylvania that were graded as a felony of the third degree.
The restitution owed the commonwealth in these cases totals $281,672.13. Additional cost savings will be realized as the defendants will be temporarily disqualified from receiving public benefits in the programs they defrauded.
