Amsterdam, NY — Lyndsey Nellis, a 31-year-old resident of Amsterdam, New York, was arrested on April 16, 2025, following a joint investigation by the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigation Unit, the Department of Social Services, and the Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office.
Nellis faces three counts of offering a false instrument for filing in the first degree, classified as a class E felony, and one count of welfare fraud in the third degree, a class D felony.
Authorities allege that Nellis failed to report her husband’s residence in the household and did not disclose his earned income…