Salem County Social Services Scam
$250G scam at Social Services:
Kim M. Flowers, a social worker from the Salem County Board of Social Services in Penns Grove and five other people, including her sister were arrested Thursday and charged with stealing and conspiring to steal more than $250,000 from the Salem County Board of Social Services over a three-year period.
Flowers, who began working in the Social Services Office in 2000, devised a scheme where she used actual Social Services client information and falsely created requests for financial assistance. She would then direct the false claim funds to her co-conspirators who would then divide the money amongst them.
The five co-conspirators who were all arrested and charged Thursday afternoon with theft and conspiracy to commit theft are as follows:
Christina Ahmed, 37, of Kerlin Road in Salem - $24,148
Flowers' sister, Diane L. Biddle, 39, of Crossland Avenue in Salem - $23,250
Richard C. Cunningham II, 42, of Fort Mott Road in Pennsville - $25,655
Renne D. Garvin, 42, of Fairview Avenue in Pennsville - $21,220
Wendy J. Sparks, 34, of Acton Station Road in Salem - $143,532
If the defendants are convicted of this crime they could face a maximum of 10 years in a state prison.
New Jersey Government: New Jersey Corruption
Kim M. Flowers, a social worker from the Salem County Board of Social Services in Penns Grove and five other people, including her sister were arrested Thursday and charged with stealing and conspiring to steal more than $250,000 from the Salem County Board of Social Services over a three-year period.
Flowers, who began working in the Social Services Office in 2000, devised a scheme where she used actual Social Services client information and falsely created requests for financial assistance. She would then direct the false claim funds to her co-conspirators who would then divide the money amongst them.
The five co-conspirators who were all arrested and charged Thursday afternoon with theft and conspiracy to commit theft are as follows:
Christina Ahmed, 37, of Kerlin Road in Salem - $24,148
Flowers' sister, Diane L. Biddle, 39, of Crossland Avenue in Salem - $23,250
Richard C. Cunningham II, 42, of Fort Mott Road in Pennsville - $25,655
Renne D. Garvin, 42, of Fairview Avenue in Pennsville - $21,220
Wendy J. Sparks, 34, of Acton Station Road in Salem - $143,532
If the defendants are convicted of this crime they could face a maximum of 10 years in a state prison.
New Jersey Government: New Jersey Corruption
