A 23-year-old Philadelphia woman is accused of stealing more than $330,000 in welfare benefits, the state Attorney General's Office said Thursday.
Kyshima D. Montgomery, of Judson Street near Indiana Avenue in Swampoodle, is charged with 17 counts of theft by deception, 18 counts of criminal use of a communications facility, 18 counts of unlawful use of a computer, 14 counts of criminal conspiracy and related offenses, according to a statement from the Attorney General's Office.
Montgomery, who worked as a clerk in the Department of Public Welfare's West District Office in Philadelphia, allegedly put more than $235,000 in unauthorized cash benefits into accounts of her friends and others from December 2010 to May 2011.
