Tag: WELFARE
Welfare employee stole $225K in food stamps, other benefits
An employee of the city’s welfare agency used inside knowledge to create fake accounts and steal more than $225,000 in food stamps and other benefits over seven years, the state inspector general said Tuesday.
Omar Jaata, 42, of The Bronx, and his wife, Nyima Jaata, 37, were arrested on multiple federal charges.
Omar Jaata was hired by the Human Resources Administration in 2010 — eventually reaching the rank of “eligibility specialist” — and almost immediately began overriding administrative safeguards to steal food stamps and benefits, officials said.
“The theft of welfare benefits meant for New York families most in need is egregious at any level, but these defendants’ actions, particularly with the husband’s position as a public employee entrusted with administering these funds, makes this case particularly abhorrent,” said state Acting Inspector General Catherine Leahy Scott.
via: https://nypost.com/2017/11/28/welfare-employee-stole-225k-in-food-stamps/