Delecia Holt, 46 is accused of committing welfare fraud; officials are trying to determine how much may have been stolen,

Delecia Holt, 46 is accused of committing welfare fraud; officials are trying to determine how much may have been stolen, the Orange County district attorney's office said.Holt, whose most recent address is in Aliso Viejo, was a Republican write-in candidate for the 48th Congressional District in Orange County in a special primary election in 2005; the seat became vacant when Rep. Christopher Cox was named chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission.She ran again as a GOP candidate in 2006 in the 53rd Congressional District in San Diego County.According to thedistrict attorney's office, Holt wrote a check for about $13,000 as a down payment on a $32,000 Mercedes-Benz in July 2005. Authorities say the check bounced and that she never made a payment for the car.Holt also is accused of skipping out on a Lake Forest hotel after accumulating a $5,000 bill between July and September 2007.In October 2007, she allegedly was the host of a comedy night fundraiser at a Dana Point hotel, claiming the money was for Habitat for Humanity.But no money was raised, prosecutors said, and Holt is accused of defrauding the hotel of $15,000 and four comedians of $2,000.Authorities said the checks she wrote to the hotels and comedians bounced.Prosecutors have requested $55,000 bail and want proof that the money comes from a legitimate source before Holt is released.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9vUKvrrExuxP9wrkjAoaHfc0Em977cvd4ccIpdb2_2L_4bds6d7P9I7xs9Cy2Il-B2Hdc2I_-WwLq2_lXMSeEa4IjYjRRCdiSDk688slMqweiqZNYo6JKQyRfDH_8pNZoURhpMUrUUrig/s1600-h/untitled23.bmp"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255340924432552482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9vUKvrrExuxP9wrkjAoaHfc0Em977cvd4ccIpdb2_2L_4bds6d7P9I7xs9Cy2Il-B2Hdc2I_-WwLq2_lXMSeEa4IjYjRRCdiSDk688slMqweiqZNYo6JKQyRfDH_8pNZoURhpMUrUUrig/s400/untitled23.bmp" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" /></a>

Delecia Holt, 46 is accused of committing welfare fraud; officials are trying to determine how much may have been stolen,

Delecia Holt, 46 is accused of committing welfare fraud; officials are trying to determine how much may have been stolen, the Orange County ...

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