{"id":64081,"date":"2025-04-24T17:07:11","date_gmt":"2025-04-24T21:07:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/?p=64081"},"modified":"2025-04-24T17:07:11","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T21:07:11","slug":"genesee-county-social-services-fraud-arrests-april-24-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2025\/04\/24\/genesee-county-social-services-fraud-arrests-april-24-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"GENESEE COUNTY\/Social Services fraud arrests\/April 24, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nicole Granger, 34, of Batavia NY, is charged with Offering a False Instrument for Filing, Grand Larceny 3rd degree and three counts of Forgery 1st degree after an investigation by the Genesee County Department of Social Services Investigator Robert Riggi. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Granger is accused of failing to report that the biological father to her child was residing in the home and earning wages. She is also accused of forging three documents related to her rental payments. As a result, Granger received $6,426 in SNAP benefits she was not entitled to. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Granger 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\">____________________________________________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nicole Sprung, 39, of Le Roy, NY, is charged with Forgery 1st degree, Welfare Fraud 4th degree and Grand Larceny 4th degree, after an investigation by Genesee County Department of Social Services investigator Sherri Sibley. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is alleged that Sprung failed to report that the biological father of her child was in the home and earning wages. Further, it is alleged that Sprung forged a neighbor\u2019s signature attesting that the biofather was not in the home. As a result, Sprung received $2,641 in SNAP benefits she was not entitled to. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sprung was arraigned in Batavia Town Court with a return date and released on her own recognizance. <\/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) 344-2580, ext.\u2019s 6417 or 6541.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nicole Granger, 34, of Batavia NY, is charged with Offering a False Instrument for Filing, Grand Larceny 3rd degree and three counts of Forgery 1st degree after an investigation by the Genesee County Department of Social Services Investigator Robert Riggi. Granger is accused of failing to report that the biological \u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"continue-reading-button\"> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2025\/04\/24\/genesee-county-social-services-fraud-arrests-april-24-2025\/\">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":[],"class_list":["post-64081","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-genesee-county"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8eTP4-gFz","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":64704,"url":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2025\/05\/21\/wyoming-county-sheriffs-report-silver-springs-man-accused-of-brandishing-a-firearm-during-a-verbal-argument-at-the-gas-pumps\/","url_meta":{"origin":64081,"position":0},"title":"WYOMING COUNTY SHERIFF&#8217;S REPORT\/Silver Springs man accused of brandishing a firearm during a verbal argument at the gas pumps","author":"aka","date":"May 21, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"On April 21st, 2025, at around 1:04pm, deputies from the Wyoming County Sheriff\u2019s Officeresponded to Crosby\u2019s at 131 South Main Street in the Village of Castile, for the report of a malein another vehicle had hit the complainant\u2019s vehicle with their door and brandished a firearm. 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