EAGLE — A 45-year-old Dotsero woman was sentenced to probation and ordered to pay back nearly $60,000 in public aid benefits Monday in Eagle County District Court.
In a plea agreement reached with prosecutors, Yadira Enriquez pleaded guilty to one count of criminal possession of an identification document, a class 6 felony.
Enriquez originally faced two counts of theft, and charges of attempting to influence a public servant and forgery, all felonies, as well as misdemeanor charges of perjury and issuing a false financial statement.
According to an April 2, 2020 affidavit filed by the Eagle County Sheriff’s Office, Enriquez and two relatives allegedly benefited from the $56,429 in medical assistance benefits in question from 2014 to 2019, with Enriquez failing to report or misrepresenting her household size and income, as well as income from her husband.