Colombian national in Massachusetts allegedly received more than $400,000 in stolen federal benefits

[MichMan]

Boston Herald. May 22, 2025

A Colombian woman illegally in the Bay State is accused of living under a stolen identity for more than 20 years and receiving more than $400,000 in stolen federal benefits.

Lina Maria Orovio-Hernandez, 59, also allegedly voted in the 2024 presidential election, and she obtained a Massachusetts Real ID and eight other state IDs, according to the Massachusetts U.S. Attorney’s Office.

Orovio-Hernandez allegedly used the stolen identity to submit a fraudulent voter registration in January 2023, and cast a fraudulent ballot in last year’s presidential election.

She’s accused of improperly receiving about $400,000 in federal benefits: $259,589 in Section 8 rental assistance benefits from October 2011 through January 2025; $101,257 in Social Security disability benefits from July 2014 through January 2025; and $43,348 in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits from April 2005 through January 2025.

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[riversedge]

1. umm. that is quite a "salary" over 20 years. Seems

impossible she was not caught much earlier--even with the several ID's.
The terrible part of this--if true--or not true, my guess it that the Repubs-Trump wlll us it to 'prove' that immigrants are horrible.

A Colombian woman illegally in the Bay State is accused of living under a stolen identity for more than 20 years and receiving more than $400,000 in stolen federal benefits.
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