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Child Abuse and Fraud

By Steven Rodriguez

Child abuse as a crime carries serious consequences, and it also serious affects the children involved.  The State of California created child welfare programs to try and deal with both the crime and the consequences to the children involved.  A recent bunch of arrests have netted people accused of defrauding child welfare services of a great deal of money.  Six people suspected of allegedly defrauding child care welfare programs of more than $1 million were arrested Friday. A total of nine defendants, including a county employee of the agency that administers welfare programs, are charged in three separate cases, according to the District Attorney’s Office. Beatrice Harvey, 28, was arrested Nov. 26 at the Los Angeles County Department of Public Social Services office in Lancaster, where she works, officials said...continue to full post

Full post as published by LA Criminal Defense Blog on December 16, 2008 (boomark / email).