The Herkimer County Sheriff’s Office Welfare Fraud Unit, assisted by the Herkimer County Department of Social Services, recently arrested the following individual for various Welfare Fraud charges.
Brenda Chrisman, age 62 of Little Falls, NY was arrested for Grand Larceny in the Third Degree a class D Felony, Welfare Fraud in the Third Degree a class D Felony and Offering a False Instrument for Filing in the First Degree a class E Felony
Chrisman fraudulently received in excess of $ 3,500.00 worth of benefits in which she was not entitled to receive over a period of 9 months.
Chrisman was processed on the charges and arraigned in the Town of German Flatts court in front of Judge Stone. Chrisman was released on her own recognizance with instructions to appear in the Village of Herkimer Court at a later date.