Posted on 06/26/2016 8:09:05 AM PDT by lowbridge
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.
Arizona state Rep. Anthony Kern, who sponsored the House bill, called the indictment “sad.”
“It is appalling that an elected official representing the people of Arizona would steal from the poor, while consistently saying she is trying to help the poor,” Kern told Fox News.
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She doesn’t look like she’s missed any meals in quite a while.
looks like she bought nothing but junk food with her illegal windfall
Bet she’s re-elected...
Not another one. Get it while you can!
Look, hackers are going to hack their way in -- what difference does it make The question is, how much would they pay to save themselves the time? Taking the money always worked for Bill when he had secrets rich foreigners wanted, and we still left the White House flat broke. Who knows where it goes?
She got caught with the hand in the cookie jar stealing.
Par for the course for a Dem........
Par for the course for a Dem........
She’s eating waaaaaaay more than her share.
prolly licks it's plate clean too...
I don’t understand what she did or why on earth she would have done this. If she stole $1,700 over 2 years, that’s only about $70 per month. What is the point of stealing such a small amount of money?
This story was very short on details. Was she just illegally in the program? I can see a single adult getting about $70 a month in food stamps. She never thought this would get her in trouble? I don’t know how much money she makes, but I’m guessing it’s way above the cut-off point for food stamp eligibility.
What a crazy story, I hope they throw her lib behind in jail. If she were not an elected official I could see shrugging at it and saying: don’t do that again, but this woman has really dishonored her oath of office and deserves to have the book thrown at her.
Hey...give her a break. From the looks of her she is ALWAYS hungry.
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