MANCHESTER — A authorities worker is among 2 section women who independently stole thousands of dollars from a national nutrient assistance program, according to the Connecticut Division of Criminal Justice.
Amy Figueroa, 30, and Tarina Martin, 32, were separately arrested by inspectors with the Statewide Prosecution Bureau of the Chief State's Attorney's Office connected charges of first-degree larceny, authorities officials said. Their schemes earned them a combined $26,616, according to authorities officials.
Figueroa and Martin allegedly defrauded the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, a national programme administered successful Connecticut by the authorities Department of Social Services, by intentionally misrepresenting their fiscal concern to suffice for assistance. Eligibility for SNAP benefits is determined by income. The monthly SNAP gross income bounds ranges from $2,265 for a one-person household to $6,985 for a seven-person household.
Officials said Figueroa fraudulently received $21,691 successful SNAP benefits from December 2017 to February 2020 by failing to study a antheral comparative residing successful her location arsenic good arsenic his income to conscionable the gross income limit. Both Figueroa and the antheral comparative are authorities employees, authorities officials said.
Meanwhile, authorities officials said, Martin fraudulently received $4,925 successful benefits from September 2020 to February 2021 by failing to study her earned income connected a signifier to conscionable the gross income limit.
Both cases are being prosecuted by Senior Assistant State’s Attorney Susan Hatfield of the Statewide Prosecution Bureau, according to authorities officials. Following their caller arrests, Figueroa and Martin were released connected $10,000 bond. They are scheduled to look successful authorities Superior Court successful Manchester connected Dec. 13.
Another Connecticut woman, Shelby L. Pent, 29, of Bristol, was precocious arrested for akin alleged crimes. Officials said Pent fraudulently received $4,581 successful SNAP benefits from November 2019 to July 2020 by underreporting her household income to conscionable the gross income limit.
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