If these items are from a welfare fund like the welfare fund the local council run in my area then they are only given out to people who actually need them, you have to show that you need them, as they are classed as everyday living essentials, only certain things, like a fridge, cooker, bed, not TVs or sofa's etc.
So to get them the council send an employee around to check what you need, therefore she either had her own and hid them to get the free one's or she didnt have them to begin with and got the free one's from the welfare fund and still decided she didnt need them and sold them. I am not sure if this is illegal etc but i am sure if the council knew they would look into it.