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County prosecutes welfare fraud cases




Mariposa County has always had a welfare fraud problem, according to some who work in the department. Now, however, the county is prosecuting nine cases of fraud.
Welfare fraud is not a problem that is exclusive to Mariposa County or California, although the Golden State is hit hard by the abuse.
“California is nearly twice as big as New York state, but we have five times as many welfare cases. According to the Public Policy Institute of California, our state is one of the only nine that ...

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