Former Arc of NEPA employee charged for nearly $8,000 in benefits theft

A 32-year-old woman from Wilkes-Barre faces charges for financial exploitation

Author: Joe Kohut

SCRANTON, Pa. — A former employee from the Arc of Northeastern Pennsylvania in Lackawanna County fraudulently used a resident's benefits card to the tune of nearly $8,000, state police at Dunmore said.

Amanda Marie Quick, 32, is charged with financial exploitation of a care dependent person, identity theft and other related offenses.

Quick, of Wilkes-Barre, abruptly quit in January. Weeks earlier, staff noticed resident Kenneth Allen's EBT card went missing and started investigating, according to a police affidavit. 

They took a look into Allen's financial statements. Staff found questionable charges over a two year period around Wilks-Barre and Philadelphia. 

State police interviewed Quick, a former Arc employee, who admitted she did Allen's shopping. She told them those purchases were made on Allen's but she could not provide receipts for nearly $8,000 in transactions using Allen's EBT card. 

Arc policy requires that employees submit receipts for purchases made with a resident's EBT card.

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