FROM: HOLLEY CARNRIGHT
DATE: JANUARY 8, 2016
RE: PRESS RELEASE – JEFFREY
DIMARCO
Jeffrey Dimarco, 55,
from New Paltz, pled guilty on Thursday, January 7, 2016 in County Court to the
class D felony of welfare fraud in the third degree.
Dimarco, over a
period of four years, illegally obtained benefits in the amount of $43,896 from
the Ulster County Department of Social Services by failing to report all income
being earned by members of his household.
Dimarco was sentenced
to 5 years probation, 1 year disqualification of benefits and repayment of the
remaining monies owed ($23,896) as a special condition of probation. Dimarco’s wife, Carmen, is also facing
welfare fraud charges.
The case is being
prosecuted by Assistant District Attorney Jessica Mila Schutzman. Dimarco is represented by Jeremiah Flaherty,
Esq. of Kerhonkson.
