FROM: HOLLEY CARNRIGHT
DATE: AUGUST 24, 2018
RE: PRESS RELEASE – HEATHER TAYLOR
On August 24, 2018, Heather Taylor, age 42 of Kerhonkson, NY, was arrested by Ulster County Sheriff's Deputies and charged with the felonies of Welfare Fraud 3rd degree and 3 counts of Offering a False Instrument for Filing 1st degree.
An investigation conducted by the Ulster County Department of Social Services Special Investigation Unit, along with the Office of the Ulster County District Attorney and the Office of the New York State Medicaid Inspector General, found that Ms. Taylor did not disclose her true household composition and income to the Department of Social Services from February 2016 to May 2018. Ms. Taylor filed several SNAP applications with the Dept. of Social Services during that period of time, not disclosing the income, which resulted in her receiving $7,211.00 in SNAP benefits she was not entitled to.
Ms. Taylor was processed and issued appearance tickets for Ulster Town Court.