A woman has been arrested for allegedly telling the Department of Social Services that a relative moved into her house, qualifying her for temporary government assistance.
Between Dec. 5 and Feb. 16, Stacey Ziminski, 36, of 119 South Swan St., is accused of collecting public assistance checks totalling $710.93.
The family member Ziminiski allegedly said was living with her, was actually living elsewhere, according to DSS investigators.
Ziminski was charged with two felony counts of offering a false instrument for filing in the first degree and one count of misdemeanor petit larceny.
She was arrested by Genesee County Sheriff’s Deputy Matt Butler, and arraigned before Stafford Town Justice Ben Mancuso, who ordered her held on $250 bail.
