Police arrested a Bradenton woman Friday after they determined her application for nearly $8,000 in hurricane relief money was fraudulent. Veronica Torres, 44, is charged with filing a false public assistance claim through the City of Bradenton’s Hurricane Disaster Assistance Program, the Bradenton Police Department said in a news release.

A Bradenton woman used an excuse of having "botox treatments" to try to fraudulently claim hurricane disaster assistance, according to the Bradenton Police Department.

A Bradenton woman was arrested Friday for filing a fraudulent hurricane disaster assistance claim, according to the Bradenton Police Department.

A 44-year-old Florida woman accused of using her mother’s identity to apply for hurricane aid told a Bradenton city employee that she looked so much younger because of botox, the police department said Saturday.

Police said the 44-year-old claimed she was forced from her home due to damage caused by Hurricanes Helene and Milton

A woman in Florida is accused of using her mother’s identity to apply for hurricane aid and telling city employees that she looked so much younger because of Botox, according to authorities.

Veronica Torres, 44, received almost $8,000 in funding before she was charged by Bradenton Police Department officials for filing a false public assistance claim.

A 44-year-old Florida woman allegedly used her mother’s identity to apply for hurricane aid, telling city employees that she looked younger because of botox. According to the Bradenton Police Department,