"Michigan jackpot winner charged with fraud" April 18, 2012
LINCOLN
PARK, Mich. - A Michigan lottery winner was charged with fraud Tuesday
for collecting food stamps and public health insurance despite pocketing
a $735,000 jackpot.
Amanda Clayton, 25, was silent during a brief
court hearing after spending a night in jail. A not-guilty plea was
entered, and her lawyer vowed to fight the charges.
This is who government is chasing down?
Yeah, it's not like they would want to go after corporate thieves or banker looters, for all the obviou$ reasons.
Clayton is the
second person in Michigan caught with food stamps despite newly minted
wealth. Governor Rick Snyder signed a law last week requiring the
lottery to notify the Human Services Department when someone wins at
least $1,000.
Unreal!
Clayton
is charged with failing to inform the state that her income had changed
as a result of the lottery prize and a job. She won a $1 million
jackpot on the game show “Make Me Rich!’’ and chose a $735,000 lump sum,
before taxes, last September.
Clayton, the mother of a
1-year-old, is accused of collecting $5,475 in food stamps and public
medical benefits over eight months until Detroit TV station WDIV broke
the story in March. She told WDIV that she believed she could collect
food aid because she did not have a job at the time.
That is what they are investigating, huh? No wonder Detroit is in such shit shape.
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I wonder if they stopped by Lombardo's first.
