Liberty, NY – The Sullivan County Welfare Fraud Task Force has made the following arrests:
- July 23, 2023 – Jacqueline M. Vargas, 39, of Liberty, was arrested and charged with Welfare Fraud in the 4th Degree, a Class E felony, and Offering a False Instrument for Filing in the 1st Degree, also a Class E felony. It is alleged that Vargas stole $1,435 in SNAP benefits from the Sullivan County Department of Social Services by failing to disclose on a Periodic Report a second source of income from a second job between June 29, 2022 and December 20, 2022. During this time frame, Vargas was in receipt of SNAP benefits. This unreported income resulted in an overpayment of $1,435 in SNAP benefits that she would not have otherwise been entitled to. Vargas was processed and released on an appearance ticket to return to the Town of Liberty Court at a later date.
- July 26, 2023 – Waleska Rivera-Sawo, 48, of Monticello, was arrested and charged with Grand Larceny in the 4th Degree, a Class E felony. It is alleged that Rivera-Sawo stole $1,093 in SNAP benefits from the Sullivan County Department of Social Services by failing to disclose that she was employed between July 15, 2022 and December 31, 2022. During this time frame, Rivera-Sawo was in receipt of SNAP benefits. This unreported income resulted in $1,093 in SNAP benefits paid to Rivera-Sawo that she was not otherwise entitled to. Rivera-Sawo was processed and released on an appearance ticket to return to the Town of Liberty Court at a later date.
- September 1, 2023 – Marietta E. Trimble, 44, of Fallsburg was arrested and charged with Welfare Fraud in the 3rd Degree, a Class D felony, and Offering a False Instrument in the 1st Degree, a Class E felony. It is alleged that Trimble stole $3,067 in SNAP benefits from the Sullivan County Department of Social Services by failing to disclose on her SNAP application that she was employed from July 21, 2022 through September 1, 2022. During this time frame, Trimble was in receipt of SNAP benefits. This unreported income resulted in an overpayment of SNAP benefits in the amount of $3,067 that she would not have otherwise been entitled to. Trimble was processed and released to return to the Town of Liberty Court at a later date.