LOS ANGELES, May 28 (UPI) — A Cerritos, Calif., woman was charged with welfare fraud for receiving more than $60,000 in benefits while hiding assets including a Maserati, officials say.
Tangela Ridgeway, 35, was arrested with eight others this week in a massive welfare fraud sweep for receiving benefits while concealing ownership of a home, business, a Nissan SUV, the upscale 2006 sports car and other vehicles, the Los Angeles Times reported Friday.
The Los Angeles County district attorney’s office says she is charged with 16 counts of welfare fraud including aid by misrepresentation and perjury by false application for aid, and 14 counts of perjury by declaration.
In court Friday Ridgeway’s bail was set at $395,000. If convicted, she faces a maximum term of 19 years in state prison, the Times said.
Another of those arrested and charged, Alicia Garcia, 51, also is accused of major fraud. She was charged with one count of false statements to receive healthcare, three counts of aid by misrepresentation and four counts of perjury by false application for aid.
Garcia allegedly received more than $136,000 in public assistance benefits from January 2002 to April 2010. During the time she claimed benefits, Garcia allegedly failed to report her real income, ownership of property, vehicles and bank accounts and also failed to report a spouse in the home.
Garcia is being held on $45,000 bail. If convicted as charged, she faces a maximum state prison term of nine years
OMG! $136K dollars over 8 years!!! OMG! OMG! OMG! That’s more than $17K per year! Stop the presses! This needs to be on the front page!!!
The bankster boys have gotten away with kazillions and bought Long Island getaways, megayachts, etc… and we’re worried about some ghetto welfare scammers. Yeah, that’s why the country’s going down the tubes.
OMG! $136K dollars over 8 years!!! OMG! OMG! OMG! That’s more than $17K per year! Stop the presses! This needs to be on the front page!!!
The bankster boys have gotten away with kazillions and bought Long Island getaways, megayachts, etc… and we’re worried about some ghetto welfare scammers. Yeah, that’s why the country’s going down the tubes.
OMG! $136K dollars over 8 years!!! OMG! OMG! OMG! That’s more than $17K per year! Stop the presses! This needs to be on the front page!!!
The bankster boys have gotten away with kazillions and bought Long Island getaways, megayachts, etc… and we’re worried about some ghetto welfare scammers. Yeah, that’s why the country’s going down the tubes.
OMG! $136K dollars over 8 years!!! OMG! OMG! OMG! That’s more than $17K per year! Stop the presses! This needs to be on the front page!!!
The bankster boys have gotten away with kazillions and bought Long Island getaways, megayachts, etc… and we’re worried about some ghetto welfare scammers. Yeah, that’s why the country’s going down the tubes.
OMG! $136K dollars over 8 years!!! OMG! OMG! OMG! That’s more than $17K per year! Stop the presses! This needs to be on the front page!!!
The bankster boys have gotten away with kazillions and bought Long Island getaways, megayachts, etc… and we’re worried about some ghetto welfare scammers. Yeah, that’s why the country’s going down the tubes.
Nobody is saying “we are all doomed”, but taking welfare money and having a Masarati in the garage is pretty pathetic. btw, when I was around 17 I was driving down the street in Escondido and some old truck blew past the stop sign and plowed into me. My dad showed up and asked the driver how he was going to pay for the accident, the drivers response, “don’t expect me to pay for it, I’m on welfare”.
Nobody is saying “we are all doomed”, but taking welfare money and having a Masarati in the garage is pretty pathetic. btw, when I was around 17 I was driving down the street in Escondido and some old truck blew past the stop sign and plowed into me. My dad showed up and asked the driver how he was going to pay for the accident, the drivers response, “don’t expect me to pay for it, I’m on welfare”.
Nobody is saying “we are all doomed”, but taking welfare money and having a Masarati in the garage is pretty pathetic. btw, when I was around 17 I was driving down the street in Escondido and some old truck blew past the stop sign and plowed into me. My dad showed up and asked the driver how he was going to pay for the accident, the drivers response, “don’t expect me to pay for it, I’m on welfare”.
Nobody is saying “we are all doomed”, but taking welfare money and having a Masarati in the garage is pretty pathetic. btw, when I was around 17 I was driving down the street in Escondido and some old truck blew past the stop sign and plowed into me. My dad showed up and asked the driver how he was going to pay for the accident, the drivers response, “don’t expect me to pay for it, I’m on welfare”.
