A New York Woman Is Accused Of Getting More Than $1,000 In Benefits Through False Filings. Now It’s A Felony Case

A New York woman is facing felony charges after investigators accused her of using false filings to obtain more than $1,000 in welfare benefits and food stamps.

Audrey Oattes, 36, of Auburn, was arrested by the Cayuga County Sheriff’s Office on a felony warrant after a joint fraud investigation, according to Finger Lakes Daily News.

She was charged with grand larceny in the fourth degree, welfare fraud in the fourth degree, offering a false instrument for filing in the first degree, and felony misuse of food stamps…

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