Over the last four weeks, at least seven Hardin County women have been indicted for fraudulently obtaining thousands of dollars in public benefits through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
In April, Elizabethtown woman Joyce McCarthy, 48, was indicted for misrepresentation or failure to report a change to obtain public assistance benefits. Three weeks later, five more women — Angela Marie Varner, Amanda McQuillen, Deidre McCray, Chariti May and Stephanie L. Skirvin — were indicted on the same charge.