Milford man charged with identity theft, forgery after fake rental assistance application, officials say
The man allegedly used another person’s identity to apply for $13,500 in rental...
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The man allegedly used another person’s identity to apply for $13,500 in rental...
The man allegedly used another person’s identity to apply for $13,500 in rental...
Joe Amon / Connecticut Public Prior to the pandemic, Bridgeport resident Maribel Nieves worked 28 hours a week as a home health aide. However, her hours were quickly cut when COVID began to rage through the state. “Being a home health aide for 21 years, patients were scared for aides to go out to their homes. My hours got cut and my rent and bills started going up so I'm backed up over a year or so in rent,” Nieves said. And she’s not alone. The pandemic has hit American households in a multitude of ways. And low-income Americans, in particular, have found themselves short o...