Nine people were arrested in connection to welfare fraud schemes in Orleans County this week, the Sheriff’s Office announced ...

The investigation revealed that the suspects submitted false information to receive public assistance benefits that they were ...

Charges the individuals face include welfare fraud, grand larceny, and offering a false instrument for filing.

Tackling welfare fraud means cutting through an often-complicated web of extravagant lies. Here in McLeod County, that work is done by financial aid eligibility staff who try to make sure those ...

We have a moral imperative to preserve the welfare system, ensure it is sufficiently funded and its distribution works more ...

The bill also empowers DWP staff to combat organised fraud networks by granting them unprecedented authority to search ...

Campaigners have blasted the DWP's crackdown on benefit fraud, claiming it “deepens stigma” for people on benefits.

A Watertown woman was arrested by city police on Thursday on welfare fraud charges. Alexandria R. Bellinger, 27, of Starbuck Avenue, was charged by city police on Thursday with first-degree offering a ...

Investigators uncovered more than $10.2 million in welfare fraud in the previous fiscal year, according to state Auditor Diana DiZoglio’s office.

BOSTON — Investigators uncovered more than $10.2 million in welfare fraud in the previous fiscal year, according to state Auditor Diana DiZoglio’s office. The office’s Bureau of Special ...