Woman in big welfare fraud
NZPA Compton. California A 33-year-old mother of four has beet, found guilty of perpetrating a $240,000 welfare fraud scheme, thought to be among the biggest such cases in United States history. Barbara Jean Williams, accused of using eight different names and collecting welfare from Los Angeles County for more than 70 dependent children, was found guilty of 22 counts of welfare fraud and perjury, one perjury count was dropped on a technicality.
Judge Kenneth Gale, of the Compton Superior Court, issued the verdict in a non-jury trial and set sentencing for December 28.
’lhe Deputy District Attorney, Mr Janies Cosper, said Williams faced up to eight years in prison. She remained free on $50,000 bail. Williams, a resident of the Los Angeles suburb of Ladera Heights, drove to court in a silver Cadillac. Authorities had charged that she fil *<! for assistance in 10 welfare offices and collected $239,587 from September, 1971, to February, 1978. Investigators said she provided false identification to obtain drivers’
licences and social security cards to establish the names. She surrendered to the authorities on June 14.
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