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Establish Fraud Unit
At Duplin
? Social Services
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ncreuuy uic uupun socuu ser
vices Department has successfully
brought fraud suits against four
individuals and Ponda Byrd, head
4he of the County Social Services
fraud unit, said more than 30 other
pases are under investigation.
? The four court convictions within
^ the past few months are more than
Duplin Social Services had handled
in 10 years, Byrd pointed out.
Restitution ordered in the cases
totaled S5,112.
"Until the fraud unit was estab
lished within the past year, fraud
cases went uninvestigated," Duplin
Social Services Fraud Unit Coordi
nator Ponda Byrd said. "Social
Service workers cannot handle their
regular cases and investigate fraud
^ too; they just do not have the time."
? Most fraud cases involve indivi
duals receiving funds under one or
more social service programs who
fail to report income or another
wage-earning person living in the
household. Monies received from
social service overpayments due to
willful failure to report income or
wage-earners within the household
is fraud, Byrd pointed out. If the
v.vtj/Mjmvui ivi?ua <rrw wi tuviv, uic
offense becomes a felony and may
include a jail sentence as well as
restitution, temporary or permanent
disqualification from Social Service
programs, and a fine.
"The unit is trying to publicize
what we are doing in hopes ?of
discouraging some fraud attempts,"
Pondra Byrd said. "The unit relies
heavily on calls from the general
public giving us tips on potential
fraud cases. But, a lot of leads come
from our computer that is connected
with the Employment Security Com
mission network which reports any
income earned. Workers in our office
can run a wage match and if income
information reported at the depart
ment does not match the Employ
ment Security print-out, the case is
referred to the fraud unit."
Not all fraud cases reach the court
system, Byrd said. Cases involving
overpayment can often be settled at
the social services office by working
out a schedule of restitution pay
ments. And, Byrd added, not all
overpayments are intentional fraud.
"Each time an individual comes to
the Social Services office, their rights
I
are explained to them," Byrd said.
"And, most of the time fraud is
deliberate, because 'fraud' is ex
plained in detail during each visit.
But, there are times when a mis
understanding leads to over
payments." Intentional fraud or
overpayments due to misunder
standings must be repaid.
The mo6t recent of the four fraud
convictions carried a sentence of
S3,400 in restitution, a three-month
active prison sentence and tem
porary suspension from Social Ser
vice programs. According to Byrd,
the case involved two years' of
deliberate fraud resulting in an
overpayment of approximately $180
per month. And, like most cases, the
fraud was due to an unreported
wage-earner in the household.
"We hope the progress the fraud
unit has made in Duplin County will
serve as a reminder that the de
partment is investigating potential
fraud situations that are brought to
our attention," Byrd said. "We
don't expect fraud to stop, but the
department does expect to reduce
the total number of cases."
Murphy Appointed To
Special Commission
Representative Wendell H.
Murphy was appointed by House
Speaker Liston B. Ramsey to a
special commission to evaluate pro
^ posals for establishing an air ambu
^ lance system in North Carolina.
The study will be conducted by the
legislative research commission
under the authorization of Ramsey
.
and Senate President Pro Tern Craig
Lawing of Mecklenburg County. The
group will study the need and
feasibility of a statewide air ambu
lance service and report its findings
to the General Assembly.
Murphy, an agribusiness execu
tive in Rose Hill, represents Duplin
and Jones counties in the 10th House
District.
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Duplin General
Hospital Admissions
A August 22 ? Bernice Moore of
^ Faison, Gearldene M. Murray and
Baby of Beulaville, Estelle W. Horne
of Magnolia, Mary M. Brumleve of
Warsaw, Johnny Hicks of Rose Hill,
Mary Overton of Wallace, Lori
Wright of Warsaw, Billy Varker of
Rose Hill, Woody Gurganus of
Faison
August 23 - Margaret Williamson
of Kenansville, Evelena M. Oliver of
Faison, Louise J. Brown of Beula
_ ville. Bred Boney of Rose Hill, Mary
9 Robinson of Rose Hill, Doris H.
Flynn of Wallace, Sharon D. Smith of
Warsaw, Mary M. Matthews of
Wallace
August 24 - Derrell D. Davis of
Wallace, Brenda L. Pierce and Baby
of Watha, George I. Brock of
Kenansville, Esther L. Wilson and
Baby of Warsaw, Atlas Abel Baker of
Magnolia, Novie M. Sholar of Wal
lace
August 25 - Manley W. Turner of
?Teachey, Mary E. Cavelaugh of Rose
Hill, Donald Ball Jr. of Pink Hill,
William M. Conway of Wallace,
Leroy Carter of Teachey, Jacob C. .
Potter of Albertson, Peggy B. Sholar
of Wallace
August 26 - William C. King of
Faison, Mabel B. Evans of Chin
quapin, Shelby J. Brock and Baby of
Kenansville, Marquesta L. Batchelor
of Warsaw
August 27 - Thelma R. Murray of
Wallace, Leslie Kennedy of Beula
P I
vUle, Freida K.. Jackson and Baby ot
Rose Hill, Shirley A. Lamb and Baby
of i^alhxe, Virginia Maxwell of
Warsaw, Rodney Lanier of Wallace,
Donna S. Thigpen of Beulaville,
Janice D. Watkins of Richlands,
Katrina L. Miller of Pink Hill,
Sandra A. Dow nam of Wapiw,
Melissa A. Williams of Kinston,
Lucy W. Smith of Kenansville,
Samuel A. Williams of Kenansville.
August 28 - Paul S. Carr of
Teachey, SudieG. Catan of Warsaw,
Rose Ann Pickett of Chinquapin,
Juanita L. Savage of Magnolia, Ruth
Mae Boney of Wallace, Franklin D.
Cooper of Warsaw, George F. Kil
lette of Warsaw, Willie G. Hare of
Faison
August 29 - Edell Blakney of Rose
Hill, Carrie H. Quinn of Pink Hill,
Phil T. Rhodes of Beulaville, Mamie
L. Brown of Warsaw, Dan Lewis of
Beulaville, Lillian A. Miller of Beu
laville, Daisy L. Hatch of Warsaw,
Linda D. Taylor of Faison. Ilia H.
Moore of Rose Hill, Margarita
Lozano and Baby of Faison, Jona
than M. Brown Jr. of Wallace
August 30 - Pearl C. McGowen of
Kenansville, Donna M. Henderson
and Baby of Beulaville, Katherine
M. Hayes of Pink Hill, Luella T.
Smith of Kenansville, Carol P. Pierce
of Wallace, Kathryn K. Bostic of
Kenansville, James A. Barwick Jr. of
Mount Olive, Christopher D. Pate of
Warsaw
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OBITUARIES
EFFIE K. CANNON
KINSTON ? Mrs. Effie Koonce
Cannon, 81, died Tuesday. Funeral,
Howard & Carter Funeral Home.
Burial, Westview Cemetery.
Surviving: daughter, Mrs. Vir
ginia Thompson of Kinston; sons,
Clyde Jackson of Orlando, Fla.,
Horace Jackson of Pink Hill, J. Ray
Jackson of Longwood, Fla., Roland
Jackson and Ronald Jackson, both of
Colonial Heights, Va., Kenneth
Jackson of Lake Mary, Fla.; step
daughters, Mrs. Lois Huggins and
Mrs. Nora Pate, both of Kinston,
Mrs. Dorothy Williams of Youngs
ville, Mrs. Shirley Marshall of Wake
Forest; brother, George Koonce of
Kinston; 32 grandchildren; 10 step
grandchildren;. 23 great-grandchil
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Because its eyeball is fixed, the
whale must move its huge body to
shift its line of sight.
dren; two step-great-grandchildren;
seven great-great-grandchildren.
HENRY L. SERVANCE
ROSE HILL - Spec. 4 Henry L.
Servance, 20, U.S. Army, died Satur
day. Funeral, First Baptist Church.
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Burial, Rose Hill Funeral Home
Cemetery.
Surviving: father, Virgil Servance
of Rose Hill; brothers, Virgil Ser
vance Jr. of Wallace, Michael Ser
vance of Rose Hill, Alexander Ser
vance of Kentucky.
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announces the opening of his office
specializing In
Obstetrics and Gynecology
at Klnston Clinic Suite 15
400 Glen wood Avenue
Klnston# N.C. 28501
527-7208
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