What is the name of your state? florida
What is the name of your state? Florida.
I have myself in alot of trouble. First im going to say this. I will give a brief summary. I am a mother of 6 with a college degree and previous EMT. I have several disabilities preventing me from working, im in the hospital alot, on steroids frequently but do not want social security benefits as im just 34 and I would like to think I can overcome this. My husband has social anxiety to the point hes almost agorophobic meaning he barely leaves the house without anxiety attacks. He does the physical stuff and i do the mental part when i can. Medications has caused him to be zombie like along with other side affects. We cant have him be this way because he has to help take care of the 3 smaller kids we have together ages 1, 2 and 3. I was injured two years ago putting me in a wheelchair and highrisk pregnacy. My lung functions are low and no surgeon will touch me -because im a liability. I need 2 surgeries. I turned to ebay to buy cheap clothes, then my kids outgrow them or ther bunkbeds, and i would sell the stuff to buy something else (always used i cant afford full prices) I had a Csection and had complications afterwards in jan. I continued to sell on ebay I found a program where i could buy tickets for $900 and sell them for $905-910 making roughly 3-8 per transaction. I did this a few times then it wasnt worth it. I had 3 kids in diapers and myself due to incontenence. So that extra few dollars to buy diapers really helped. Now im getting accused of recieving 13,000 from 1/04-7/04 i have reciepts that prove differently. it was more like $300 over the 7 months. i would sell stuff and make a few dollar profit. Along with my kids clothes they outgrew and other used items. i have reciepts for nearly everything thankfully. I signed a statement yesterday and its being sent to state attorneys were im told they prosecute 99% of the time. with a felony i lose housing and my kids will go to foster care. we have nobody or nowhere to go.
they have me down for getting foodstamps for 7 mths that i shouldnt but its based on ebay totals no deductions. paypal, ebay feees, shipping, what i actualy paid for stuff. this wasnt money i had laying around wither i live bill to bill and i would sell somthing get the money then buy it and i would have a few dollars left. we already started turning it in but havntyt had any profit until this past month feb since in order to be on housing my husband has to work and we decided to make it legal and try to actually do it like a business. at night when babies are asleep or taking a nap.
the other portion of my charge is medicaid fruad. my son was on special formula. i went to wic to get part of it and then she had me sign a statement every 6 months to recertify that she told me went to medicaid. wic would pay for part and medicaid the rest. she said they wouldnt payfor any of it without that. now they are saying i never turned it in to medicaid which isnt true. i had extra formula left over from when he started outgrowing it and i sold it. i was told several months ago this was illegal. i knew it was morally wrong it was just there i was desperate to pay my electric bills at the time and i sold it. my kid never went without until they told me they knew i sold some and they cut him and my newborn from the program. I knew it was morally wrong but not illegal. now im told i have to pay every dime back for formula they purchased. i know im responsible for what i sold but to make me pay for it all isnt right and i dont know if i should even bother fighting it. i feel bad about the whole thing anyway. but that amount alone is $6,500 and i struggle each month to pay my bills how would i ever pay that. do they have work programs for restitution? what kind of work can i do when i cant even stand to take a shower or cook? these things are on my mind constantly worrying me. i need any answers that anybody can give me.
one of my main questions is do i let them submit the info they have on me now then show the state attorneys that the investigaters made a mistake and forgot my deductions? The investigater wants copies of the reciepts. she said they are just persuing january through july but if they wanted they could do july through november. i started turning in since then. and theres a few months before july too. i just worry they will get the info and not want to send it to the state attorneys without it being a significant amount then add more to my charges. im just totally stressed about this ive known for 9 mths about this that i could be arrested anytime my stress has affected my breathing its been a nightmare. i tried talking to people to work out repayment and they all avoided me they just want to prosecute me. im not a welfare crack addict that drinks smokes or does drugs. we dont do any of that stuff here. our lives are focused around our kids all i do is take care of them and pay bills. ive never did anything wrong illegal and neither has my husband im actually pretty strict about it i dont like people with influence like that and my kids are very wll behaved. one of my daughters has a brain tumour and i had offers for items to sell on ebay to was to raise money for her because they wanted us to return to miami childrens hospital for a week, but i cant do it because i have to turn in the money. shes sick all of the time they cant find out eactly whats wrong her tumor is rare. shes about to go on homebound because she is in too much pain. i have 2 children with ADHD and trauma and in home counseling VOLUNTARILY for 2 1/2 years. Family and individual. one of them was here yesterday when the investiager was and offered to speak on behalf so i have advocates for me and my family. but does any of this matter? part of me feels stupid for signing the statement but i wanted the s.a. to be aware ive tried to cooperate for months. i didnt mention it but ive been given 2 papers with false info telling me to contact people for benefit recovery and the numbers on the paper have been disconnected. one said i didnt report child support and when i called and told them there was a mistake he said i didnt report 'assests' i asked if shes referring to ebay then she said yes. up until then they tried to hide it from me instead of letting me try and work it out then went straight to a criminal proceeding. i feel mixed reactions i know i did wrong but it wasnt intentional. i want to pay for what i did but do i have to lose my kids for it? im almost positive with a fraud charge we will lose housing. nobody else is going to take care of them like i do they are demanding and with there medical needs alone foster care it will cost the state way more in the end then to leave me alone and go after real criminals. not somebody selling there used leftovers to survive. legal aid was no help either they told me to offer to repay i did they ignored me. now i have to wait until im arrested in may and i dont even know what to expect. im on oxygen and breathing treatments ever 3 hours and i stop breathing in my sleep i use a machine for that too. what will they do? i worry if they mistreat me i could die. any thoughts?
What is the name of your state? Florida.
I have myself in alot of trouble. First im going to say this. I will give a brief summary. I am a mother of 6 with a college degree and previous EMT. I have several disabilities preventing me from working, im in the hospital alot, on steroids frequently but do not want social security benefits as im just 34 and I would like to think I can overcome this. My husband has social anxiety to the point hes almost agorophobic meaning he barely leaves the house without anxiety attacks. He does the physical stuff and i do the mental part when i can. Medications has caused him to be zombie like along with other side affects. We cant have him be this way because he has to help take care of the 3 smaller kids we have together ages 1, 2 and 3. I was injured two years ago putting me in a wheelchair and highrisk pregnacy. My lung functions are low and no surgeon will touch me -because im a liability. I need 2 surgeries. I turned to ebay to buy cheap clothes, then my kids outgrow them or ther bunkbeds, and i would sell the stuff to buy something else (always used i cant afford full prices) I had a Csection and had complications afterwards in jan. I continued to sell on ebay I found a program where i could buy tickets for $900 and sell them for $905-910 making roughly 3-8 per transaction. I did this a few times then it wasnt worth it. I had 3 kids in diapers and myself due to incontenence. So that extra few dollars to buy diapers really helped. Now im getting accused of recieving 13,000 from 1/04-7/04 i have reciepts that prove differently. it was more like $300 over the 7 months. i would sell stuff and make a few dollar profit. Along with my kids clothes they outgrew and other used items. i have reciepts for nearly everything thankfully. I signed a statement yesterday and its being sent to state attorneys were im told they prosecute 99% of the time. with a felony i lose housing and my kids will go to foster care. we have nobody or nowhere to go.
they have me down for getting foodstamps for 7 mths that i shouldnt but its based on ebay totals no deductions. paypal, ebay feees, shipping, what i actualy paid for stuff. this wasnt money i had laying around wither i live bill to bill and i would sell somthing get the money then buy it and i would have a few dollars left. we already started turning it in but havntyt had any profit until this past month feb since in order to be on housing my husband has to work and we decided to make it legal and try to actually do it like a business. at night when babies are asleep or taking a nap.
the other portion of my charge is medicaid fruad. my son was on special formula. i went to wic to get part of it and then she had me sign a statement every 6 months to recertify that she told me went to medicaid. wic would pay for part and medicaid the rest. she said they wouldnt payfor any of it without that. now they are saying i never turned it in to medicaid which isnt true. i had extra formula left over from when he started outgrowing it and i sold it. i was told several months ago this was illegal. i knew it was morally wrong it was just there i was desperate to pay my electric bills at the time and i sold it. my kid never went without until they told me they knew i sold some and they cut him and my newborn from the program. I knew it was morally wrong but not illegal. now im told i have to pay every dime back for formula they purchased. i know im responsible for what i sold but to make me pay for it all isnt right and i dont know if i should even bother fighting it. i feel bad about the whole thing anyway. but that amount alone is $6,500 and i struggle each month to pay my bills how would i ever pay that. do they have work programs for restitution? what kind of work can i do when i cant even stand to take a shower or cook? these things are on my mind constantly worrying me. i need any answers that anybody can give me.
one of my main questions is do i let them submit the info they have on me now then show the state attorneys that the investigaters made a mistake and forgot my deductions? The investigater wants copies of the reciepts. she said they are just persuing january through july but if they wanted they could do july through november. i started turning in since then. and theres a few months before july too. i just worry they will get the info and not want to send it to the state attorneys without it being a significant amount then add more to my charges. im just totally stressed about this ive known for 9 mths about this that i could be arrested anytime my stress has affected my breathing its been a nightmare. i tried talking to people to work out repayment and they all avoided me they just want to prosecute me. im not a welfare crack addict that drinks smokes or does drugs. we dont do any of that stuff here. our lives are focused around our kids all i do is take care of them and pay bills. ive never did anything wrong illegal and neither has my husband im actually pretty strict about it i dont like people with influence like that and my kids are very wll behaved. one of my daughters has a brain tumour and i had offers for items to sell on ebay to was to raise money for her because they wanted us to return to miami childrens hospital for a week, but i cant do it because i have to turn in the money. shes sick all of the time they cant find out eactly whats wrong her tumor is rare. shes about to go on homebound because she is in too much pain. i have 2 children with ADHD and trauma and in home counseling VOLUNTARILY for 2 1/2 years. Family and individual. one of them was here yesterday when the investiager was and offered to speak on behalf so i have advocates for me and my family. but does any of this matter? part of me feels stupid for signing the statement but i wanted the s.a. to be aware ive tried to cooperate for months. i didnt mention it but ive been given 2 papers with false info telling me to contact people for benefit recovery and the numbers on the paper have been disconnected. one said i didnt report child support and when i called and told them there was a mistake he said i didnt report 'assests' i asked if shes referring to ebay then she said yes. up until then they tried to hide it from me instead of letting me try and work it out then went straight to a criminal proceeding. i feel mixed reactions i know i did wrong but it wasnt intentional. i want to pay for what i did but do i have to lose my kids for it? im almost positive with a fraud charge we will lose housing. nobody else is going to take care of them like i do they are demanding and with there medical needs alone foster care it will cost the state way more in the end then to leave me alone and go after real criminals. not somebody selling there used leftovers to survive. legal aid was no help either they told me to offer to repay i did they ignored me. now i have to wait until im arrested in may and i dont even know what to expect. im on oxygen and breathing treatments ever 3 hours and i stop breathing in my sleep i use a machine for that too. what will they do? i worry if they mistreat me i could die. any thoughts?
First question, if you are living penny to penny, then how(by your own admission) to you have 900 bucks just laying around to buy things. I mean if you need diapers that bad why not use the 900 bucks? If you have 900 bucks, why do you need the extra 5-10 bucks? If you have 900 bucks, why are you on welfare? Im flabbergasted over here.If your so broke and hard up, how did you buy a computer? How do you pay for phone and internet service? You cant be that bad off if your selling on ebay..Dont you have to have a credit card or something? Use that credit card to buy diapers...It reeks of fraud to me!