HARRISBURG – The Office of Inspector General filed welfare fraud charges against 63 individuals in August, including seven with local ties, officials said Tuesday.
The restitution owed the commonwealth in these cases totals $252,435.58.
Additional cost savings will be realized as the defendants will be temporarily disqualified from receiving public benefits in the programs they defrauded.
The OIG filed 24 criminal cases of fraudulently receiving public assistance in Pennsylvania that were graded as a felony of the third degree.
Julianna M. Marsh, 33, of Somerset in Somerset County, for $7,638 in SNAP fraud and $1,406.07 in medical assistance fraud.
Joshua S. Kendall, 26, of Six Mile Run in Bedford County, for $4,411.46 in medical assistance fraud.
The OIG filed 20 criminal cases of fraudulently receiving public assistance in Pennsylvania that were graded as a misdemeanor of the first degree.
Sandra G. Younkin, 46, of Ashville in Cambria County, for $1,552 in SNAP fraud.
The OIG filed 14 criminal cases of fraudulently receiving public assistance in Pennsylvania that were graded as a misdemeanor of the second degree.
Chelsea R. Lee, 24, of Altoona in Blair County, for $1,209 in SNAP fraud.
Mary B. Helman, 55, of Sykesville in Jefferson County, for $1,259.90 in medical assistance fraud.
The OIG filed five criminal cases of fraudulently receiving public assistance in Pennsylvania that were graded as a misdemeanor of the third degree.
Donald E. Russell, 43, of Fishertown in Bedford County, for $762 in SNAP fraud.
Beverly S. Jessup, 39, of Brockway in Jefferson County, for $503 in SNAP fraud.
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