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Maine On Track to Uncover Record Amount of Welfare Fraud
CNS News ^ | April 13, 2016 | Eric Scheiner

Posted on 04/13/2016 4:03:40 PM PDT by kevcol

The Maine Department of Health and Human Services announced on Monday that it expects to surpass last year's record number of uncovered welfare fraud.

"We're seeing an awful lot of welfare fraud," Director of Fraud Operations Tom Roth told WCSH-TV. "We definitely have more calls coming in than we have people to handle. Having the support from the state and the public is paramount, I think, to our success."

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; US: Maine
KEYWORDS: ebt; fraud; gibmedat; welfare
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To: Nero Germanicus

I meant the Somali population within those numbers. My guess is that they are a far higher percentage of population under ten.


21 posted on 04/13/2016 6:45:36 PM PDT by MSF BU (Support the troops: Join Them.)
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To: MSF BU

As of 2014 the most common non-English language spoken by students of the Lewiston Public Schools is Somali, with speakers making up 90% of the district’s students who don’t have English as a native language.—Wikipeda


22 posted on 04/13/2016 7:12:12 PM PDT by Nero Germanicus
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To: relictele
I read Gov Dayton’s astonishng interview...

Dayton is a great deal like Biden. You can sift his life with a fine tooth comb without uncovering a single intelligent thing he ever muttered, and that includes his best moments talking in his sleep.

23 posted on 04/14/2016 3:31:45 AM PDT by stevem
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To: Nero Germanicus
Thanks for the clarification. All seems reasonable and tolerable.

News reports that I've seen sensationalize the situation by using headlines like, "Somali Muslims Flooding Onto Maine Welfare Rolls."

24 posted on 04/14/2016 10:40:54 AM PDT by blam (Jeff Sessions For President)
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