14 arrested in New Jersey welfare fraud investigation

/14 arrested in New Jersey welfare fraud investigation/

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>LAKEWOOD, N.J. — Nearly 15 people have been arrested in raids over two days in a New Jersey community in connection with an ongoing investigation that has so far exposed about $2 million in alleged public-assistance fraud in the town.

>Six people were arrested Tuesday night in Lakewood, N.J., a community of about 101,000, nearly 38 miles southeast of Trenton, the state capital. The arrests follow the federal and state raids of four homes and arrests of eight people Monday on charges of stealing $1.3 million in public assistance over the last few years.

>Lakewood is the fastest-growing town in New Jersey and surpassed 100,000 residents earlier this year, according to the Census Bureau. In the town, 32% of people live in poverty, Census figures show. Lakewood's rapid population growth is fueled by a flourishing Orthodox Jewish community.

>Each of the six people arrested Tuesday is facing a charge of second-degree theft by deception, a state crime, according to a prepared statement from the Ocean County Prosecutor's Office.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lakewood_Township,_New_Jersey

>Lakewood is a hub of Orthodox Judaism, and is home to one of the largest yeshivas in the world, the 6,500-student Beth Medrash Govoha, which was founded by Rabbi Aharon Kotler.[24] The large Orthodox population, which comprises more than half the township's population, wields considerable political clout in the township as a voting bloc.

JEWS BTFO

OY VEY DON'T TAKE AWAY MY WELFARE!!!

>Duvi Honig, the CEO of the Lakewood-based Orthodox Jewish Chamber of Commerce, said that thousands of Jewish families in the town need the public assistance to get by and that some people are tempted to take more than they need.

>"The pressure of the community overhead — especially the (cost of) private schooling — is unsustainable," he said about the Jewish community. "People are forced to find ways to bend the system."

>The six people are accused of defrauding the government of just more than $670,000, according to the prosecutor's office.

>Arrested Tuesday were: (((Yitzchok and Sora Kanarek))); (((Chaim and Liatt Ehrman))); and (((William and Faigy Friedman))).

>The Kanareks wrongfully collected $339,002.56 in Medicaid, nutrition assistance, Social Security and federal housing funds, according to the prosecutor's office. The (((Ehrmans))) brought in $185,692.22 in improper Medicaid, nutrition assistance, utilities assistance and Sandy relief funds and the (((Friedmans))) bilked $149,842.28 in Medicaid, food, energy and housing funds, according to the prosecutor's office.

>(((Yitzchok Kanarek))) is the former rabbi of (((Oros Yisroel))), a school for (((special-needs))) students that closed in 2015 because of federal and state tax liens of more than $295,000, according to public records.

>The six people arrested Tuesday are accused of under-reporting their incomes over a period of several years to collect public-assistance benefits they weren’t entitled to receive.

>Authorities "allege that the defendants misrepresented their income, declaring amounts that were low enough to receive the program's benefits, when in fact their income was too high to qualify," according to a joint statement from Ocean County (N.J.) Prosecutor Joe Coronato and New Jersey Comptroller Phillip James Degnan. The families "received income from numerous sources that they failed to disclose on required program applications."

>On Monday, a prominent rabbi, (((Zalmen Sorotzkin))), who runs the synagogue Congregation Lutzk and businesses linked to the synagogue, was arrested. The others arrested Monday included, (((Sorotzkin)))'s wife, (((Tzipporah))); his brother and sister-in-law (((Mordechai and Rachel Sorotzkin))); (((Mordechai and Jocheved Breskin))); and (((Shimon and Yocheved Nussbaum))). (((Mordechai and Rachel Sorotzkin))) and the (((Nussbaums))) face federal charges in U.S. District Court.

>The (((Breskins))) are charged with second-degree theft by deception for allegedly collecting $585,662 in public assistance benefits they weren't entitled to, the prosecutor said in the statement.

>(((Zalmen and Tzipporah Sorotzkin))) face the same charges for allegedly collecting $338,642 in Medicaid, food stamps, Section 8 housing subsidies and Supplemental Security Income, according to the prosecutor's office.

>Edward Bertucio, attorney for (((Zalmen and Tzipporah Sorotzkin))) said his clients were "innocent" but declined to comment specifically on the case.

>The Nussbaums allegedly under-reported their incomes and failed to disclose money they received from a number of companies in order to collect Medicaid, Section 8 housing assistance and food stamps between 2011 and 2014, according to a federal complaint signed by FBI Special Agent Michael Farina.

>In that time, the (((Nussbaums))) allegedly collected $178,762 in public assistance they weren't entitled to get.

>The complaint against (((Mordechai and Rachel Sorotzkin))) accuses them of also under-reporting their incomes to collect Medicaid. (((Rachel Sorotzkin))) allegedly failed to report $1.5 million she received from a limited liability company when signing up for public assistance.

>In the complaint, Farina wrote that (((Mordechai and Rachel Sorotzkin))) received more than $96,000 in Medicaid funds they shouldn't have claimed.

>The (((Nussbaums))) and (((Mordechai and Rachel Sorotzkin))) face separate counts of conspiring to steal government funds, according to a statement from the U.S. Attorney's office. The conspiracy counts each carry a maximum potential penalty of up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine, or twice the gain from the offense.

>(((Fred Zemel))), the attorney for (((Rachel Sorotzkin))), said "everything's going to work out" and all the defendants "will be vindicated."

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I hope they hang.

oy vey, annudah antisemitic witchhunt

OY VEY!!!

Jews are just a boogeyman they said.

Stop being such a stormfag, they said.

State Eligibility Manager for welfare reviewing a fraud case (((they))) made 100k a year never married and has 4 kids the mother with no job claims as dependants; female claims to be homeless we receive an alert the mothers address was forwarded from the post office at the same time as the father to a PO Box. The household income is 100k due to the way (((they))) filled out the paperwork they were both eligible for foodstamps, medicaid, and the mother was eligible for cash support since we legally can't prove she's not homeless. To this day they are still eligible for benefits. Please Trump cut the funds.

bump

Degenerates.

The echos are a little gratuitous in this scenario.

Lakewood has to be one of the most corrupt places in the country especially the blockbusting and school funding schemes. I wouldn't be surprised if people there and the surrounding communities become genuine anti semites in the future

yitzchok
YITZCHOK
you can't *tip yarmulka* hard enough, that is the most jewish name in existence

All jews should be investigated for this. Nah jk, I'm sure it's contained to just this one town

>inb4 /ptg/ comes in to remind us that its #notalljews

>fucking shlomo
damn i loled

don't let this die. milk it for everything it's worth

>if you can buck the system, go for it
literal words out of the mouth of a jewish friend of mine. I like the guy, but I can't help but think of rubbing_hands.webm

>CHAIM SHLOMO

this shit writes itself

report his ass

>FAIGY