The Daily Caller – by Thomas Phippen
An Arlington, Va., woman allegedly falsified welfare applications to receive more than $100,000 in benefits while her husband raked in $1.5 million salary.
Police say Helen Agbapuruonwu, mother of four, collected food stamps and Medicaid benefits from 2010 to 2016, while here husband, Fidelis Agbapuruonwu, was earning $1.5 million as a lawyer in Washington, D.C., NBC News 4 reports.
Helen Agbapuruonwu “fraudulently obtained public assistance in excess of $100,000 under false pretenses” police allege, and she has been charged “with felony welfare fraud and document forgery,” according to a police report.
Fidelis Agbapuruonwu, who immigrated to the U.S. from Nigeria in the 1990s, worked as an associate at Mayer Brown in D.C., according to his LinkedIn profile. A spokesman for Mayer Brown told NBC 4 that Agbapuruonwu no longer works there. Agbapuruonwu received a Paul & Daisy Soros Scholarship for New Americans, which he used to pay for law school at Ohio State University.
Court officials believe that Agbapuruonwu may have “fled the country and is somewhere in Africa,” NBC News reports.
“We hope it sends a message that if you are taking public assistance it’s truly intended for those in need, and we’re committed to ensuring those who need the most help receive it,” Ashley Savage, spokeswoman for the Arlington County Police, told NBC News.
“… collected food stamps and Medicaid benefits from 2010 to 2016…”
SIX YEARS… and they couldn’t figure that sh#t out?
“… immigrated to the U.S. from Nigeria in the 1990s…”
Jus’ wanna bedder liiife…
ALL THIS WHILE REAL AMERICANS ARE STARVING & LIVING IN TENT CITIES. 😡
For every good black there is a million bad ones.
You’re a real piece of work at times… you know that?
Experience. I have more trouble with blacks than any other race.
At least most of them are AMERICANS, whereas the majority of Mexicans (and S. Americans) AREN’T.
You’re apparently in a bad location. I grew up in & lived in L.A. for many decades. I had many black friends (some were even bangers), but the Mexicans are and always have been the biggest problem there.
I’m a dog breeder and I cringe when I get a black on the phone. They threaten with lawsuits, lie, and I’ve actually had a death threat by one. I keep raising my prices trying to get rid of them. The Mexicans stopped calling a long time ago so now I only deal with American Mexicans who are generational Americans. Don’t matter how many generations a black is in this country, they think they are owed something. I don’t get that from any other race and I deal with all races.
Therein lies the difference. I’ve never dealt with them (or any race, for that matter) on a commercial level, only a personal one.
Big difference, apparently (at least in your case).
I have a black friend that came out of Watts and went to Vietnam in the 60’s. Once he got out of Watts and saw the world, he educated himself and married a white woman after a black marriage failed. He worked in the white world in a state that was predominantly white and did just fine. I consider him an exception. I’ve seen nice blacks and the others. I just don’t know which one I’m dealing with at the time.