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Welfare fraud

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Country: United States of America State: Florida WELFARE FRAUD (CHILD CARE ASSISTANCE) & FORGERY...STATUE OF LIMITATIONS? SENTENCING GUIDELINES (NO PRIOR RECORD)?.....WHAT CRITERIA MUST BE MET FOR THE CHARGE OF WELFARE FRAUD? (I ALLEGEDLY DID NOT REPORT A CHANGE IN JOBS ON 2 OCCASIONS IN 10 YRS OF RECEIVING BENEFITS & 1 PREVIOUS EMPLOYER IS DENYING MY EMPLOYMENT WITH HIM & SIGNATURE ON FORMS)

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They would have to show you purposely failed to provide info you knew or should have known needed to be provided by law--it often is really based on what they think you were trying to do--

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The department has 189 investigators and supervisors who helped avert $55 million in welfare fraud last fiscal year, up from $45 million in 2000-01.
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