Rachel Dolezal Faces Felony Theft Charges For Elaborate Welfare Fraud Scheme
The former NAACP chapter leader, who resigned after her parents revealed she’s not black, is facing felony theft charges for falsifying docs to obtain $9,000 in welfare assistance.
Washington state’s Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) investigated Rachel Dolezal’s finances in March 2017 after the publication of her autobiography on her life as a black woman in a white world — Dolezal is a white woman.
Dolezal told the department her only source of income was a $300 stipend from family and friends, according to DSHS investigator Kyle Bunge. But she deposited nearly $84,000 in her bank account between August 2015 and September 2017, the department found.
She never reported the income, according to court documents.
The money came from sales of Dolezal’s autobiography, as well as other ventures the former NAACP founder engaged in since leaving her role in the organization. Dolezal illegally received $8,747 in food assistance and $100 in child care assistance between 2015 and 2017, authorities said.
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