Rachel resigned from the NAACP in 2015 after he parents exposed her ethnicity. Dolezal claimed that because she was unable to work she was earning less than $500 a month, however, an investigator from the Washington Department of Social and Health Services, dug deeper and found out the Dolezal had inked a book deal that brought in $10,000 – $20,000 in advances and royalties.

Between 2015 and 2017, she reportedly deposited about $84,000 into a bank account.  Dolezal is being charged with first-degree theft by welfare fraud, second-degree perjury and false verification for public assistance.