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(JTA) — An Israeli mother of four from New York was indicted for allegedly cheating the government out of $67,000 in welfare payment that she obtained under false pretense. Galit Levi, 37, of the Queens neighborhood of Hollis Hills, was charged Thursday with grand larceny, welfare fraud, and falsifying business records, the Queens District Attorney’s…
Earlier this summer, we read about the arrest of 26 members of Lakewood’s ultra Orthodox community for an alleged $2 million in welfare fraud. That may sound like a lot of people, but apparently, the government is preparing for much, much more. Last week, the state comptroller’s office announced that it would roll out a…
The numbers in the public benefits fraud scam in the Orthodox enclave of Lakewood, New Jersey, are stunning. Fourteen arrests so far, and counting. More than $2 million in fraudulently obtained government funds. Hundreds of others scrambling to avoid prosecution for similar crimes. Law enforcement sources say that the schemes are both “widespread” and some…
Twenty-eight percent of Israeli households said they required welfare services in 2011, according to official data. A report published on Feb. 6 by Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics said that 520,000 out of 1.83 million registered households approached welfare services for assistance in 2011. Out of those, 15 percent were single-parent households and 47 percent…
