As I have previously discussed, Amanda Clayton continued to receive welfare support even after she won a $1 million lottery prize. Now, the Michigan Attorney General has charged Clayton with welfare fraud and failure to inform. If she is found guilty, she could receive four years in prison. Clayton reported that she thought that the Department of Human Services would stop payments and that collecting her food stamps was appropriate because she is still unemployed. She also agreed that she still needed assistance, claiming that she had bilsl to pay for two houses.
See Amanda Clayton, Michigan Lottery Winner Who Used Food Stamps, Charged With Welfare Fraud, Huffington Post, Apr. 17, 2012.
Special thanks to David S. Luber (Attorney at law, Florida Probate Attorney Wills and Estates Law Firm) for bringing this article to my attention.
