The Office of Inspector General filed welfare fraud charges against two local people for the month of May.

Stephanie Hunadi, 35, of Nesquehoning in Carbon County, was charged with fraudulently receiving public assistance in Pennsylvania. She is charged for $2,555 in SNAP fraud.If convicted, the maximum penalty she faces is five years in prison and a fine of $10,000, plus a mandatory disqualification period from the benefits program she defrauded.The offce also filed one criminal case of fraudulently receiving public assistance in Pennsylvania against Keith Shaffer, 55, of Palmerton in Carbon County, for $944 in SNAP fraud.If convicted, the maximum penalty he would face is one year in prison and a fine of $2,500, plus a mandatory disqualification period from the benefits program he defrauded.