Woman Steals $100K in Welfare for Three Non-Existent Children


Investigators wrote in a complaint that the Social Security numbers provided for her kids came back to individuals born in 1887, 1980 and 1960. It was like she didn’t think that computers and records existed.

Strothers also is accused of claiming a Pennsylvania address for more than a year when she was living in Baltimore, Md., according to the complaint. She also submitted a forged letter in 2013 alleging she was completing an internship in Philadelphia.

Investigators wrote that Strothers submitted employment verification for Community Psychiatric Centers, purporting she worked 20 to 24 hours a week with an hourly wage of $11.25, signed by Dr. Robert Lowenstein. According to the complaint, Strothers was working 40 hours a week at $13 an hour, and Lowenstein told police he did not sign the verification.

When she was contacted by an investigator with the Office of the Inspector General, Strothers claimed the triplets lived with their father in Georgia, and she sent her benefit card to the father to provide for the children, according to the complaint. She could provide neither an address nor telephone number for the father.

Strothers really started to feel the heat during an in-person interview in which she gave a timeline of her pregnancy with “triplets” that contradicted information she’d given previously. When pressed further, she admitted the entire thing was a farce. She’d obtained $37,269 in food-stamps, $90,000 in medical assistance and more than $2,000 in beneifts from Temporary Assistance for Needy Families. Shame on you Ms. Strothers.

Source: triblive.com

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