{"id":12670,"date":"2015-06-09T16:00:22","date_gmt":"2015-06-09T23:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=12670"},"modified":"2015-06-09T16:00:22","modified_gmt":"2015-06-09T23:00:22","slug":"business-woman-accused-of-corpse-abuse-pleads-guilty-to-food-stamp-fraud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=12670","title":{"rendered":"Business Woman accused of corpse abuse pleads guilty to food stamp fraud"},"content":{"rendered":"

DALLAS<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\"Food<\/a>A woman who is accused of abuse of corpse plead guilty this year to food stamp fraud and was sentenced to 21 months in federal prison, according to authorities.<\/p>\n

U.S. District Judge Barbara M. G. Lynn<\/strong> also ordered\u00a0Rachel Hardy<\/strong>, 36, to pay $76,494 in restitution, according to authorities.<\/p>\n

Judge Lynn ordered that the Mansfield, Texas woman to surrender to the Bureau of Prisons on August 4.<\/p>\n

The U.S. Department of Agriculture\u2019s Food Stamp Program<\/strong> is known as the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program or\u00a0SNAP and theTexas Health and Human Services Commission \u00a0administers SNAP in Texas.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The investigation began in 2012 when the Southwest Region USDA, Office of the Inspector General<\/strong>, received a referral about a person who was receiving SNAP benefits who had failed to disclose a change in household composition and income from the ownership of two businesses.<\/p>\n

That individual was later identified as Hardy.<\/p>\n

The investigation revealed that Hardy and her husband, who is the father of her youngest child, were married on February 14, 2010, in Las Vegas, Nevada.<\/p>\n

On April 8, 2010, Hardy submitted a SNAP benefits application, certifying she was a \u201csingle-parent-mother,\u201d with no income, living in a household that consisted only of her children.<\/p>\n

Hardy\u2019s application was approved, and she began receiving SNAP benefits.<\/p>\n

On December 1, 2010, Hardy registered with Tarrant County as the owner operator of a tax refund and estate planning business called \u201cMighty Dollar Tax,\u201d in Arlington, Texas.<\/p>\n

From April 8, 2010, through June 5, 2011, Hardy stated to food stamp officials that she had no income and claiming to live alone with her children.<\/p>\n

On February 21, 2011, Hardy purchased a 2006 H2 Hummer for $26,000 and a 2008 Mercedes Benz CL S500 sedan for $41,700. She paid for each with a cashier\u2019s check. At the time she purchased these vehicles, Hardy reported to food stamp officials that she was an unemployed, single-parent-mother living alone at home with her children.<\/p>\n

An April 19, 2011, Hardy registered with Tarrant County as the owner operator of the Johnson Family Mortuary in Fort Worth, Texas.<\/p>\n

Again, on June 14, 2011, Hardy reported to food stamp workers that she was an unemployed single-parent-mother living alone at home with her children.<\/p>\n

That same day, Hardy went to the Dallas County’s food stamp office where she completed and submitted an Assistance Form. In doing so, she certified she was a \u201csingle-parent-mother\u201d with no income living in a household that consisted only of her children, according to officials.<\/p>\n

On February 11, 2012, Hardy purchased a 2008 Land Rover Range Rover from Park Place Motors with a $53,000 cashier\u2019s check.<\/p>\n

A few days later, on February 22, 2012, Hardy again certified to food stamp workers that she was an unemployed single-parent-mother living at home with her children.<\/p>\n

Hardy admitted to illegally receiving food stamps, officials said.
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