Colin Chisholm III and his wife Andrea, who received over $165,000 in public assistance from the state of Minnesota between 2005 and 2012 while living on a yacht in Florida, have been charged with fraud, and a manhunt is underway to find them.
The charges against Colin Chisholm were filed in February but not made public because police had been searching for the Chisholms. His wife was only charged last Tuesday. Chuck Laszewski, a spokesman for prosecutor Mike Freeman, said Friday, “They know by now we are looking for them.”
The threshold for public assistance in Minnesota is $35,000; the Chisholms are each charged with a felony for exceeding that. The Chisholms bought a $1.2 million yacht, The Andrea Aras, in 2005. Their claims for benefits were made just prior to that date. While they lived in Palm Beach, Florida, they told the state they were still living in Minnesota. Between 2005 and 2012 they deposited more than $2.6 million in bank accounts which were not listed on their applications for welfare benefits.
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2014/03/23/Couple-Rips-Off-Minnesota-for-Benefits
Democrat donors
Did democrats get their vote? If so it was money well spent. What is the problem?
no difference from what Solyandra did.
We are going to do every darn thing we can to make sure they do hard time,”
Taxpayers were paying for 3 hots and a cot and when they go to prison, taxpayers will still be paying for 3 hots and a cot. So how exactly are the taxpayers going to get their money back?
$167,000 ?
Is that all ?
How are they more criminal than the aliens poring across the former borders of the U.S. to steal taxpayers (the dwindling 30-40%) blind through the same types of programs?
Just asking....
I don’t see how there’s a problem here ...unless maybe they’re white.
Is this a great country or what?
Rich and white. Perfect example of the typical welfare abusers.
Hey, they’re the new “poor rich” and need public support like every one else.
Who the heck is Minnesota to tell them they aren’t entitled to welfare and EBT benefits?
Appearances are just that - appearances.
Nobody robs banks anymore. There are too many people doing this type of thing. Jail doesn’t scare them enough. Unfortunately, I think we are going to have to hang some of them to put an end to this epidemic of stealing.
Hey, they were just doing their part to advance the Cloward-Piven collapse of capitalism by overburdening the welfare state.
Like all those illegals getting the earned income tax credit from one PO box in Georgia, I believe.
And it’s surely no problem when big banks get dinged for less than a penny on the dollar when they launder over $1T in drug money. It’s no problem when Corzine defrauds MF global. Who cares about bailouts to banks, health insurers, solar companies and auto workers unions.
The Feds have to make sure that they target the ‘right’ people. It wouldn’t be right if people actually knew where the money was really wasted.
Apparently this has nothing to do with a system that is so easily duped and these must be the only people to scam the system.
If the two were black and had received just as much, they wouldn’t be going after them. No way. 0% chance. They would have let it go.
Absolutely these kinds of perks are reserved for the ruling class. Adam Clayton Powell
Whats Michelle’s suite per night in China? $83,000.00 per night?