Posted on 06/23/2016 5:33:27 AM PDT by detective
It made barely a ripple in the national last week when initially reported, but 5 state workers in Delaware were indicted for Food Stamp fraud totaling nearly a million dollars. An official statement from the Delaware state government reported on June 14:
Attorney General Matt Denn announced today the arrests and indictments of seven former state of Delaware employees for theft of federal money. All seven were employed by the Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS), and were responsible for issuing Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) cards, and three previous arrests were also related to the same investigation.
Two of the defendants were indicted and arrested last week, two others were indicted and remain at large, one was indicted and arrested previously and still faces charges, and two have already been convicted and sentenced.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
This is why the progressives are afraid of Trump, he’s going to slues out the stable.
Last I check on the BLS website, about one out of every 14 people in the US is a gov employee. Counts Fed, State, Local, full time, part time. They gave a total of about 21 million.
Obama is such an inspirational POYUS isn’t he!
Up until about 10 years ago the local paper had at least one story a week on someone (99% Hispanic) charged with welfare fraud as you describe. Then they completely stopped running those stories.
Looks like a fine pack of dimocraps to me.... The usual suspects....
That is Jesse Robinson Jackson (related to Michelle Robinson Obama)
Whose half bro is doing life for his involvement in the Black Islam Street Gang founded by a Mexican Drug cartel. ALL were close until Noah Robinson was sent to prison !
Well...that's where Mom and Dad is...and brother Jomaji and sister julo, cousin Humagi and so on and so on........
“Surprise!”.....
Nothing surprising about that, I'd have bet the farm before even seeing the photo.
Unbelievable: those convicted were sentenced to probation and restitution. NO jail time. Where’s the bite to prevent this in the future?
• sinecure •
Pronunciation: si-nê-kyur
Part of Speech: Noun
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“Up until about 10 years ago the local paper had at least one story a week on someone (99% Hispanic) charged with welfare fraud as you describe. Then they completely stopped running those stories.”
A similar and more serious newspaper coverage of arrested drunk drivers was published each month by local newspapers.
About a year ago in No. California those newspapers stopped posting the names when Hispanic Names ran over 50% each month. A friend used to send a note to the local editors asking how many of the arrested drunk drivers were illegal and how much did that cost us in lawyer fees?
The welfare fraud needs to be stopped. However, the legal costs of illegals arrested for drunk driving and crimes they commit are devastating local economies. The real hidden cost is the horrible impact of drunk drivers and felons on their victims.
Completely agree. I get livid just thinking about drunk drivers and the lack of repercussions for those here illegally.
That brings back a sad memory...my father (alcoholic) was picked up for DUI (@1960)...my mother told us about it because she feared someone at school would tell us...oh and we had to cancel our planned summer vacation trip due to $$...
The medicare fraud in south Florida is an epidemic. It has been for decades. Some individual cases from SF are in the 100’s of millions of dollars.
Well...since yours truly worked for the government for a dozen years, I can unequivocally certify that majority of government workers are not crooks and fraudsters. It is not their fault if they are hied and assigned unproductive jobs.
“Completely agree. I get livid just thinking about drunk drivers and the lack of repercussions for those here illegally.”
Our local mediots will bleed gallons of croc tears over some illegal going to college on our tax $’s, while ignoring the horrible aftermath of the survivors whose family members were slaughtered or maimed by a drunk driving illegal.
A terrible and tough memory. Fortunately, the only real loss was your family’s vacation.
Yes. Luckily he never killed anyone! But, himself....eventually....thru alcohol. But, it taught me to NOT drink....until I was about 26 years old! And, to be wary of ANYONE who drank in excess.
Often some of life’s best lessons come from tough circumstances.
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