Kimberly Rogers Inquest Alerts

Welfare prosecutions were few, inquest told

by Keith Lacey
Special to The Globe and Mail

Saturday, October 26, 2002 – Print Edition, Page A12

Sudbury -- A pregnant woman who died while under house arrest was one of only a handful of welfare fraud prosecutions in Northern Ontario's largest city since 1999, a coroner's jury heard yesterday.

Kimberly Rogers, 40, was sentenced to six months of house arrest after pleading guilty to theft over $5,000 for collecting welfare while on student loans. An eligibility review officer told the jury her case was one of 10 prosecuted in the area in the past four years.