LAKE GEORGE, N.Y. - The Warren County Sheriff's Office says a Lake George woman allegedly failed to accurately report her
total household income when making applications to receive food
stamp, Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP) and medical assistance benefits.
The Warren
County Department of Social Services reported that 40-year-old Kelly Mann, of 7 Thompson Avenue, filed applications and
re-certifications to receive public assistance benefits, as required to establish
eligibility, and failed to report an individual who was employed and living
in her residence.
Eligibility to receive public assistance benefits is
determined by a number of factors including total household income.
As a result the Sheriff's Office says Mann received more than $23,800 in food
stamp benefits, HEAP and Medicaid benefits that she was otherwise ineligible to
receive.
Mann is charged with Welfare Fraud 3rd-degree, Grand Larceny 3rd-degree, Health Care Fraud 4th-degree and
two counts of Offering a False Instrument 1st-degree.
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