{"id":63318,"date":"2025-04-04T22:00:15","date_gmt":"2025-04-05T02:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/?p=63318"},"modified":"2025-04-04T22:00:15","modified_gmt":"2025-04-05T02:00:15","slug":"genesee-county-two-charged-with-welfare-fraud-after-social-services-investigations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2025\/04\/04\/genesee-county-two-charged-with-welfare-fraud-after-social-services-investigations\/","title":{"rendered":"GENESEE COUNTY\/Two charged with welfare fraud after Social Services investigations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Information from a provided press release<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Erica Lopez, 48, of Batavia, NY, was arrested on March 5, 2025, and charged with Grand Larceny 3rd degree and Welfare Fraud 3rd degree, after an investigation by Social Services Fraud Investigator Sherri Sibley. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lopez was accused of failing to report wages earned as a pastor at her church, resulting in her receiving $10,267.00 in SNAP benefits she was not entitled to. At a subsequent appearance in Batavia Town Court on March 25, 2025, Lopez made full restitution and accepted a 6-month Adjournment in Contemplation of Dismissal. An ACD offer means that the case will be adjourned for a period of time, and then be dismissed if that person does not get into trouble during that time span.  She will also be disqualified from SNAP eligibility for one year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Katrina Mana, 40, of Batavia, was charged on April 3, 2025, with welfare Fraud 3rd degree and Grand Larceny 3rd degree after an investigation by Social Services Fraud Investigator Robert Riggi. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mana is accused of failing to report income earned by the father of her children, who also resided in the home, resulting in her receiving $4217.00 in SNAP benefits she was not entitled to. Mana was arraigned in Batavia Town Court and released on her own recognizance with a later court date. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Anyone wishing to report suspected cases of welfare fraud in Genesee County can contact the Genesee County Department of Social Services Investigations Unit at (585) 244-2580, ext.\u2019s 6417 or 6541.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Information from a provided press release Erica Lopez, 48, of Batavia, NY, was arrested on March 5, 2025, and charged with Grand Larceny 3rd degree and Welfare Fraud 3rd degree, after an investigation by Social Services Fraud Investigator Sherri Sibley. Lopez was accused of failing to report wages earned as \u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"continue-reading-button\"> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2025\/04\/04\/genesee-county-two-charged-with-welfare-fraud-after-social-services-investigations\/\">Continue reading<i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[23],"tags":[2712,177],"class_list":["post-63318","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-genesee-county","tag-department-of-social-services","tag-welfare-fraud"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8eTP4-gtg","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":75860,"url":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2026\/06\/04\/genesee-county-welfare-fraud-arrests-june-4th-2026\/","url_meta":{"origin":63318,"position":0},"title":"GENESEE COUNTY\/Welfare fraud arrests\/June 4th, 2026","author":"aka","date":"June 4, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Information from a provided press release KeriAnne Barbaritz, 47, of Batavia, NY, is charged with 3rd degree Welfare fraud after an investigation by Genesee County Social Services Investigator Sherri Sibley. 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