Thread: Woman charged in quintuplets scam wanted in Florida

Posted on Sun, Feb. 17, 2008
Woman charged in quintuplets scam wanted in Florida
The Associated Press

BEAUFORT, S.C. --A woman police say bilked money and gifts from people by claiming she was expecting quintuplets also is wanted in Florida on a fraud charge.

Erika Nieves-Abrigo, who went by the name Nancy Cantu in Beaufort, was arrested in Gadsden County, Fla., in August, accused of unlawfully collecting welfare benefits worth $2,375 from 1999 to 2000, said Richard Combs, Florida's prosecuting attorney in the case.

Combs said Nieves-Abrigo was ineligible for benefits in Florida because she was simultaneously collecting welfare benefits from Georgia.

In South Carolina, Nieves-Abrigo and Juan Salvador Solis were arrested last month and charged with obtaining goods under false pretenses. They are being held in the Beaufort County Detention Center each on $25,000 bond.

Investigators think the couple fraudulently obtained money and goods worth more than $1,000 through the quintuplets scam. If convicted, they face a maximum of five years in prison.

The two are scheduled to appear in court Friday.

Information from: The Beaufort Gazette, http://www.beaufortgazette.com

http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/575/story/353632.html

NO, NO this can't be true. They don't steal from the American people. They work hard and contribute to the economy. They are good people who just want a better life by stealing, forging documents and scamming people. Give 'em a break.

I don't believe this article reveals anything about their immigration status - they might well be citizens.