Two residents face charges after investigators accused them of withholding information from social services and collecting benefits for which they were ineligible, according to a Seneca County Sheriff’s Office release.
Amber Labrado, 24, of Phelps, was arrested and charged with misuse of food stamps and fourth-degree grand larceny.
Investigators also arrested Suzanne Mathewson, 47, of Seneca Falls, charging her with four counts each of first-degree offering a false instrument for filing and third-degree welfare fraud, along with misuse of food stamps.
The sheriff’s office alleges both failed to provide required information to the Department of Social Services, resulting in benefits they were not eligible to receive.
Both were released with appearance tickets requiring them to answer the charges in Waterloo Town Court at a later date.
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