Couple pleads no contest to welfare fraud

[Ban Hammer 13,743]

Leavenworth, Kan. —

Gregory Riley, age 44, and Diana Riley, age 47, each pled “no contest” Monday to one count of felony welfare fraud and one count of perjury in the Leavenworth County District Court.

The Rileys, both residents of Bonner Springs, have been obtaining state-funded welfare assistance by grossly underreporting their actual income and financial resources, according to a release from the Leavenworth County Attorney’s office.

At one point, the Rileys reported that they had a total of $75 in two bank accounts and that they owned no real estate aside from their current home.

Investigators for the Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services discovered the Rileys actually owned five bank accounts containing a cash balance of nearly $10,000, and owned a second home worth about $15,000.

From 2005 to 2009, the Rileys wrongfully obtained more than $22,000 in food stamp assistance, over $3,600 in home utility assistance, and more than $60,000 in medical assistance.

Twenty-two witnesses were expected to testify at the preliminary hearing Thursday, which was expected to last several days. The State of Kansas, represented by Assistant County Attorneys Adam Zentner and Sherri Becker, negotiated the plea agreement with defense attorneys Michael Highland and Elaine Halley.

The Rileys are to be sentenced at 10 a.m. March 30.

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(i think the news story missed a zero in the value of the second home)

Edited March 12, 2012 by charles!

[Obama 2012 1,714]

and owned a second home worth about $15,000.

(i think the news story missed a zero in the value of the second home)

I was about to say..... Unless that's a jacked up mobile home lol...

[Dan and Judy 614]

they're going to end up in Leavenworth!

[Danno 1,228]

This is unfair, they were simply seeking things that are "Basic human Rights"

-Food

-Medical care

-Fuel to heat their home.

IN a rich country like this we should be ashamed this guy even had to resort to fraud to obtain that which the Government should provide freely.

-steve

[Póg mo 1,749]

Leavenworth, Kan. —

Gregory Riley, age 44, and Diana Riley, age 47, each pled “no contest” Monday to one count of felony welfare fraud and one count of perjury in the Leavenworth County District Court.

The Rileys, both residents of Bonner Springs, have been obtaining state-funded welfare assistance by grossly underreporting their actual income and financial resources, according to a release from the Leavenworth County Attorney’s office.

At one point, the Rileys reported that they had a total of $75 in two bank accounts and that they owned no real estate aside from their current home.

Investigators for the Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services discovered the Rileys actually owned five bank accounts containing a cash balance of nearly $10,000, and owned a second home worth about $15,000.

From 2005 to 2009, the Rileys wrongfully obtained more than $22,000 in food stamp assistance, over $3,600 in home utility assistance, and more than $60,000 in medical assistance.

Twenty-two witnesses were expected to testify at the preliminary hearing Thursday, which was expected to last several days. The State of Kansas, represented by Assistant County Attorneys Adam Zentner and Sherri Becker, negotiated the plea agreement with defense attorneys Michael Highland and Elaine Halley.

The Rileys are to be sentenced at 10 a.m. March 30.

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(i think the news story missed a zero in the value of the second home)

$60,000 for medical assistance? Seems to me like these people weren't exactly living the high life either.

[Póg mo 1,749]

This is unfair, they were simply seeking things that are "Basic human Rights"

-Food

-Medical care

-Fuel to heat their home.

IN a rich country like this we should be ashamed this guy even had to resort to fraud to obtain that which the Government should provide freely.

-steve

Yes, the only welfare there should be, is corporate welfare!

[Ban Hammer 13,743]

$60,000 for medical assistance? Seems to me like these people weren't exactly living the high life either.

15k a year - perhaps this is complete medical coverage for both of them?

[Póg mo 1,749]

15k a year - perhaps this is complete medical coverage for both of them?

The article said, medical assistance, not coverage! For all we know that cost could have been two weeks of intensive care. The way hospitals ramp up the sticker price for everything, just so they can give insurance companies large discounts is the real crime as far as I'm concerned.

[Ban Hammer 13,743]

The article said, medical assistance, not coverage! For all we know that cost could have been two weeks of intensive care. The way hospitals ramp up the sticker price for everything, just so they can give insurance companies large discounts is the real crime as far as I'm concerned.

or just one day, from what i've seen happen to a neighbor of mine.

[Danno 1,228]

Yes, the only welfare there should be, is corporate welfare!

Yeah gotta be careful when you use a term "corporate Welfare" since it has no real definition.

When you or I get welfare we collect money from the tax payer without giving anything in return.

Corporate Welfare can be the same thing but so often even a tax advantage, where the corp just simply reduces what is paid in to the Gov is called welfare.

If we applied this same measure to people, every citizen would be considered -on welfare.

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

Leavenworth, Kan. —

Gregory Riley, age 44, and Diana Riley, age 47, each pled “no contest” Monday to one count of felony welfare fraud and one count of perjury in the Leavenworth County District Court.

The Rileys, both residents of Bonner Springs, have been obtaining state-funded welfare assistance by grossly underreporting their actual income and financial resources, according to a release from the Leavenworth County Attorney’s office.

At one point, the Rileys reported that they had a total of $75 in two bank accounts and that they owned no real estate aside from their current home.

Investigators for the Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services discovered the Rileys actually owned five bank accounts containing a cash balance of nearly $10,000, and owned a second home worth about $15,000.

From 2005 to 2009, the Rileys wrongfully obtained more than $22,000 in food stamp assistance, over $3,600 in home utility assistance, and more than $60,000 in medical assistance.

Twenty-two witnesses were expected to testify at the preliminary hearing Thursday, which was expected to last several days. The State of Kansas, represented by Assistant County Attorneys Adam Zentner and Sherri Becker, negotiated the plea agreement with defense attorneys Michael Highland and Elaine Halley.

The Rileys are to be sentenced at 10 a.m. March 30.

link

(i think the news story missed a zero in the value of the second home)

A second trailer from 1980.

This is another reason why we need to require ALL welfare recipients to be either 1. Employed with copies of the last 30 days check stubs OR 2. Enrolled in school OR both.

This would prevent people from just claiming low income or no income. We need to place that burden on the applicant to provide that data and information. Just as we provide documents for a visa. Gather it up and send it in.

It would not only prevent fraud but it would assure NO welfare is paid out unless that person is on a path to eliminate the need for welfare in the future.

[X Factor 1,112]

A second trailer from 1980.

This is another reason why we need to require ALL welfare recipients to be either 1. Employed with copies of the last 30 days check stubs OR 2. Enrolled in school OR both.

This would prevent people from just claiming low income or no income. We need to place that burden on the applicant to provide that data and information. Just as we provide documents for a visa. Gather it up and send it in.

It would not only prevent fraud but it would assure NO welfare is paid out unless that person is on a path to eliminate the need for welfare in the future.

I concur

[MyLittlePony 340]

They need this for the free loading illegals they are fraud too taking advantage of the welfare system.

[james&olya 1,121]

They need this for the free loading illegals they are fraud too taking advantage of the welfare system.

The only 'free loading' of illegals is using emergency rooms and having their children in public schools. The social security they pay in with their phony numbers will never benefit them. They work hard doing jobs that citizens refuse for the wages and conditions involved. The real free-loading and fraud is by the employers of these illegals who profit from the situation.

[james&olya 1,121]

If these numbers are correct it may be that they would have qualified for the benefits if they had used their savings and sold that $15,000 shack. But fraud is fraud and they should be prosecuted! But I would like to see all the fat-cat bankers and their paid lackeys in congress also get prosecuted and with proportionately more vigor relative to the dollars involved!!!