FROM: HOLLEY CARNRIGHT
DATE: JANUARY 27, 2016
RE: PRESS RELEASE – TONY WALLACE
Tony Wallace, 44, from Wallkill, was sentenced in Ulster County Court on Tuesday, January 26, 2016 to 4 months of intermittent jail and 5 years probation plus restitution. In addition, Wallace has been disqualified from receiving social services benefits for 1 year.
Wallace was convicted of a Class D felony of Welfare Fraud in the third degree for having, over a period of almost two years, illegally obtained benefits in the amount of $60,647 from the Ulster County Department of Social Services by failing to report income being earned by him.
Wallace’s thefts were discovered by the Special Investigations Unit in the Ulster County Department of Social Services. The matter was prosecuted by Assistant District Attorney Jessica Mila Schutzman. Wallace is represented by Todd Carpenter, Esq. of Poughkeepsie.