Wife of Liberal DC Lawyer Earning 1.5 Million Arrested For Welfare and Food Stamp Fraud

Helen Agbapuruonwu, mother of four, collected food stamps and Medicaid benefits from 2010 to 2016.  The problem is that while she was collecting $100,000 in benefits over 6 or 7 years, her husband, a DC lawyer was making 1.5 million dollars a year.  Her husband went to law school at Ohio State thanks to a grant from Paul and Daisy Soros.

Helen Agbapuruonwu “fraudulently obtained public assistance in excess of $100,000 under false pretenses” police allege, and she has been charged “with felony welfare fraud and document forgery,” according to a police report.



Fidelis Agbapuruonwu, who immigrated to the U.S. from Nigeria in the 1990s, worked as an associate at Mayer Brown in D.C., according to his LinkedIn profile. A spokesman for Mayer Brown told NBC 4 that Agbapuruonwu no longer works there. Agbapuruonwu received a Paul & Daisy Soros Scholarship for New Americans, which he used to pay for law school at Ohio State University.

Court officials believe that Agbapuruonwu may have “fled the country and is somewhere in Africa,” NBC News reports.
“We hope it sends a message that if you are taking public assistance it’s truly intended for those in need, and we’re committed to ensuring those who need the most help receive it,” Ashley Savage, spokeswoman for the Arlington County Police, told NBC News.

What kind of system does no checks on people before giving them tons of taxpayer’s money?  I mean at 1.5 million a year, I would believe they didn’t live in a depressed area.  Just their address alone should have given them away and apparently no case worker ever visited their home.

I have often suggested that private companies should be allowed to search for fraud and waste in all of the government entitlement programs.  In return they should get a percentage of the savings, which could see them making enormous profits, while at the same time save taxpayer money.

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