A Suncoast woman’s phony hurricane disaster assistance claim landed her behind bars
Francesco Abbruzzino, The Uncensored Report, LLC
BPD
A Bradenton woman’s phony hurricane disaster assistance claim landed her behind bars and charged with a felony. Veronica Torres, 44, was arrested Friday on a charge of filing a false public assistance claim, a third-degree felony.
Torres used her mother’s name, driver’s license, and social security information to apply for the City of Bradenton’s Hurricane Disaster Assistance Program, claiming she was forced to move out of her home due to hurricane damage. Her request for approximately $7,967 was approved. However, when Torres attempted to pick up the check on Thursday, a City of Bradenton employee noticed she looked much younger than the woman in the identification provided on the assistance application. After her explanation of “botox treatments” failed to convince the employee, Torres was asked to return the following day, and the Bradenton Police Department was notified.
When Torres returned on Friday, she was questioned by BPD detectives and subsequently arrested.
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