A Pilot Butte woman is facing fraud and identity theft charges after allegedly defrauding the Saskatchewan Ministry of Social Services out of $47,985.44.
According to the Regina Police Service, the woman fraudulently received benefits between January of 2019 and June of this year.
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“She collected income assistance benefits while falsely claiming to be unemployed,” the police service explained in a statement.
“Upon being found to be employed, she then received benefits by providing false identity information by use of the identity of others.”
Police said the 27-year-old woman is now facing a charge of fraud over $5,000, two charges of fraud under $5,000, two charges of identity theft and two charges of identity fraud.
She’s expected to appear in provincial court on October 2.