Dem who opposed welfare fraud measure indicted – for food stamp fraud
An Arizona Democratic lawmaker who once voted against welfare fraud protections in her state has been indicted on felony charges of defrauding the food stamp program.
According to the indictment unsealed earlier this week, state Rep. Cecilia Velasquez was charged with three felony counts: unlawful use of food stamps, fraudulent schemes and practices, and theft.
The Arizona Department of Economic Security began investigating Velasquez in 2014. According to the Arizona DES, Velasquez fraudulently used $1,726 worth of food stamps between 2013 and 2015.
This past February, Velasquez had voted against a bill aimed at giving the same state agency stronger anti-fraud tools – a program that could have quickly detected her alleged fraudulent activity.
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I’d say something about her looking like she didn’t need help getting food into her mouth, but that would just be mean.
Well, at least she isn’t a hypocrite!
In my experience AZ is a bit behind the times. My grandmother lived there, in early 2011 she had a stroke and lost the ability to care for herself. As her POA I pieced together her finances and made arrangements for her care.
Shortly before the incident, she cashed in an insurance policy. I didn’t get the requisite documents and underreported her 2011 income. The IRS caught up in 2014 and I settled with them, never thought about the state of AZ.
Last month she passed. A couple weeks later I received an audit response from AZ department of revenue. They wanted nearly $14000 for underreported income. However since they audited her 3 days after she passed, the audit was voided along with the amount due.
From the People of Arizona: All we want to know is, Does she have six fingers on her right hand?
And if so, we want our money back, you bitch of a bitch!