The Department of Human Services issued the following statement.
A Pearl River County, Miss. resident surrendered to authorities on September 27, 2022, following a SNAP fraud investigation conducted by the Investigations Division of the Mississippi Department of Human Service (MDHS).
MDHS announced that Chrishauna Newton of Pearl River County received $39,354.00 in SNAP benefits by not reporting household income and composition accurately to MDHS. Based on the evidence obtained during the investigation, the case was referred to the Pearl River County District Attorney’s office. The Pearl River County District Attorney secured an indictment on September 20, 2022, and Newton later turned herself into MDHS and Pearl River County officials on September 27, 2022.
“This is a great example of collaboration between our investigations team, county office, and local law enforcement,” stated MDHS Inspector General Sandra Griffith.
The case was investigated by Agent Blake Edwards of the MDHS Investigations Division. The Investigations Division is a subset of the MDHS Office of the Inspector General (OIG), which was created in August 2018 and charged with detecting, preventing, and deterring fraud, waste, and abuse. OIG has been responsible for millions in dollars collected from SNAP overpayments.
“This investigation demonstrates the strengthened controls we have in place to identify, investigate, and eliminate fraud in our programs,” MDHS Executive Director Robert G. “Bob,” Anderson said.
Suspected fraud can be reported to MDHS online any time by submitting the MDHS Fraud Tip Form at https://www.mdhs.ms.gov/
13 comments:
Wow that welfare queen sucked almost $40k from the tax payers tit!
I bet she drove a luxury SUV to the supermarket to buy steaks and salmon with her EBT!
Did Phil Bryant blow the whistle on these fraudsters like Shad declared he did with the big ticket DHS fraudsters?
Come on Shad, you're slackin'!
a drop in the bucket-
At first I wanted to believe Shad was going to come down on all of the thieves. It seems he is real good at catching the small people, they do need to be caught. But he doesn't seem to like looking at the big hogs that are pushing their way into the trough. He will step around them every time. They are getting so fat he has to really look for a way around their fat asses. Maybe every once in a while he should slap one of the big hogs on his ass just to make things look a little better.
Just Damn! The 'low hangin fruit' guy posted twice before I even saw the thread.
So when will we hear about the little slap on the wrist she receives for a sentence? I am guessing she can’t repay so will it be 40 years of community service?
For you low reading comprehension readers - Shad has zero to do with this case.
10:41, this has nothing to do with Shad or his office. Do you even read the posts before you post the same old response?
This sort of fraud is very common
Oh my! The DHS OIG was established in 2018? What were they doing during the $70 million caper of the TANF welfare money intended for the poor?
Shad had nothing to do with this case.
We are waiting for him to take credit for it.
I can't wait until Big Bob fires the attorney he assigns to this case!
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