Steuben County Sheriff Jim Allard reported on February 16th that Investigators of the Steuben County Sheriff’s office arrested Katrina L. Sobolewski, 45 of Corning.
According to authorities, it is alleged that from December 1st, 2020, to August 31st, 2022, Sobolewski offered a false instrument for filing to the Steuben County Department of Social Services and received benefits totaling $4,410 that she was not eligible to receive.
Sobolewski has been charged with Offering a False Instrument for Filing in the first degree, a class E felony, and Grand Larceny in the Third Degree, a class D felony.
Following her arrest, Sobolewski was arraigned in the Centralized Arraignment Court and released. The Steuben County Sheriff’s Office was assisted in the investigation by the Steuben County Department of Social Services Fraud and Legal Affairs Unit and the District Attorney’s Office.
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