MONTICELLO – The Sullivan County Fraud Task Force announced a number of arrests in the second and third quarters of this year.
John Isaacs, 50, of Liberty, was charged with insurance fraud, healthcare fraud and falsifying business records. It is alleged that he would “punch in” via his cell phone as a caregiver for his mother while he was working at his primary job. He would then submit timesheets to Medicaid containing falsified hours.
Ramon Martinez and Chaneen Franklin, both 38 and both from Monticello, were charged with welfare fraud and offering a false instrument for filing. It is alleged they failed to report they were living together and that Franklin was employed full-time and had been collecting unemployment insurance benefits.
Both also submitted a SNAP application, SNAP periodic report and SNAP recertification, all containing false information allowing them to collect $5,797 in fraudulent SNAP benefits.
Keyona Gibson, 27, of Hurleyville, was arrested on a bench warrant for failing to appear in Town of Liberty Court for an October 2020 welfare fraud arrest.
Alana Oates, 33, and Deivi Diaz, 38, both of Monticello, were charged with welfare fraud and offering a false instrument for filing. It is alleged they stole $2,680 in temporary assistance by failing to report to the Department of Social Services the true amount of unemployment benefits they were receiving. They also filed a state recertification for certain benefits containing false information. Diaz was arrested on a warrant, and, due to his criminal record, was committed to the Sullivan County Jail without bail.
Andrew Dean, 35, of Wallkill, was arrested on a Sullivan County Family Court warrant for failing to pay child support. He was taken into custody in Orange County after a lengthy joint investigation by the Sullivan County Welfare Fraud Task Force, Sullivan County Sheriff’s Office, Orange County Sheriff’s Office and Sullivan County Child Support Enforcement Unit. He was remanded to the Sullivan County Jail.
Kathleen Gizinsksi, 44, of Monticello, was charged with welfare fraud and offering a false instrument for filing. It is alleged she stole $2,716 in SNAP benefits by failing to report she was in receipt of unemployment insurance benefits and that she had a second job. She also filed an employment form which she had forged.
Amberrose Kelly, 28, of Monticello, was charged with grand larceny for allegedly stealing $1,308 in SNAP benefits from the Sullivan County Department of Social Services by failing to disclose that she was in receipt of unemployment benefits during which she was collecting SNAP benefits.
Tanya Gattling, 50, of Monticello, and her daughter, Joshalin Gattling-Jackson, 23, of Clinton, New Jersey, were both arrested and charged with healthcare fraud. It is alleged they billed a home health care service funded by Medicaid $440 for hours they claimed Gattling-Jackson worked as a caregiver for her disabled mother. Gattling-Jackson was working at another job in New Jersey during the hours claimed.
Christopher Finch, 27, and Tiffany Turk, 25, were both arrested and charged with two counts of welfare fraud and two counts of offering a false instrument for filing.
It is alleged in two separate cases, both failed to provide truthful and accurate information regarding their household income when they applied for public assistance, which resulted in the pair receiving $10,582 in public assistance benefits to which they were not entitled.
