Tag: welfare fraud

Rachel Dolezal, Who Posed as Black, Accused of Welfare Fraud

Hat tip Starfcker

Via Newsmax

A former NAACP leader in Washington state whose life unraveled after she was outed as a white woman pretending to be black has been charged with welfare fraud.

News station KHQ-TV reports Thursday that Rachel Dolezal, who legally changed her name to Nkechi Diallo in 2016, was charged this week with theft by welfare fraud, perjury and false verification for public assistance.

Court documents say she illegally received $8,747 in food assistance and $100 in child care assistance from August 2015 through November 2017.

An investigation started in March 2017 when a state investigator received information that she had written a book.

Documents say she had deposited nearly $84,000 into her bank account without reporting it.

They say the former activist told investigators she “fully disclosed her information” and declined to answer further questions.

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Have funds, will travel for those on the dole

Multiply this times 50 and you get a real picture of welfare fraud. Combine that with the $125 billion wasted by the Pentagon and hundreds of billions more frittered away by the Federal, State, and local governments – and you’ve got a true picture of government in action. And we want to give them more power?
Guest Post by Howie Carr
 

Massachusetts’ EBT card holders are spending welfare cash in all 50 states, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, while patronizing or at least accessing ATMs in liquor and tobacco stores, beauty salons and tattoo parlors.

In response to my public records request, the state’s Department of Transitional Assistance (DTA) turned over 18 months of EBT records from Jan. 1, 2015, to July 1, 2016.

In all, the taxpayers shelled out $321 million in Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) to welfare recipients.

Liquor Stores, Beauty Shops, and Bars where EBT cardholders are accessing welfare cash at HowieCarrShow.com.

In the 18-month period, more than $7.3 million in Bay State welfare funds were spent outside the state, including $2.4 million in New Hampshire, $780,000 in Connecticut and $549,000 in the Sunshine State of Florida.

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