NYC Cop Charged With Attempted Section 8 Rent Subsidy Ripoff

In New York City, The Associated Press reports:

• A New York City police officer has been arrested on charges she forged pay stubs to be eligible for city subsidized housing. The Manhattan District Attorney's office says Simone Smith was charged Wednesday with welfare fraud and forgery and has been placed on modified duty. She became an officer in 2007. The city's Department of Investigation says Smith submitted pay stubs claiming she earned only $32,258 in 2008, when she really made over $58,000. DOI says Smith, who's lived in Section 8 housing since 1998, stood to get more than $7,000 in rental subsidies she wasn't eligible for. She faces four years in prison if convicted.

Source: NYPD cop arrested on welfare fraud charges.