(WHTM) – The Pennsylvania Office of State Inspector General says they’ve filed public assistance fraud charges against 55 people during the month of April 2023.
The office says restitution owed to the state in these cases totals $291,826 with additional cost savings possible with those accused temporarily disqualified from receiving public benefits.
The number of residents charged in April is down from the 61 people charged in March. The number is up from 33 charged in February and 52 charged in January.
“Ensuring the appropriate distribution of public assistance in Pennsylvania is a crucial responsibility we owe to the people of our Commonwealth, and it is vital to uphold the credibility of these initiatives,” said State Inspector General Lucas M. Miller. “OSIG’s agents have worked tirelessly to safeguard the public’s trust, and I commend them for their work.”
The sad part of this will be the following.
* THE MONEY WILL NOT BE PAID BACK
* GOING TO PRISON IS A ADDITIONAL TAX PAYER BURDEN , AND PRISON RESEMBLES SECTION 8 HOUSING
PRISON RESEMBLES SECTION 8 HOUSING
And a vacation from life!
thats pa for ya. whole towns up there where no one is working. dont see many skinny people. all fat and lazy!
No public employee in Pennsylvania ever works tirelessly.
It’s not just PA. If all the people who are not qualified to be getting welfare were cut off, there would be no national debt! It is so abused and it seems that some qualify so easily while others who truly are in need, can’t get a red penny or any help at all. Very unfair system. If the able bodied were denied those freebies and couldn’t eat, you better believe they would work.