A total of seven couples from new Jersey, including the Rabbi and his wife are accused of concealing their real incomes for social assistance in the amount of $ 2 million, which they had no rights.
Three couples were arrested in Lakewood on Tuesday evening, shortly after the arrest of Rabbi Zalmen Sorotzkin and his wife Zippora. New defendants in the case are itskhok and Litter Kanarek; Haim and Lift Erman; and William and Fadi Friedman.
Prosecutors say three pairs of deliberately distorted information about his income to obtain more than 674 000 dollars in the form of benefits. The suspects have applied for participation in the program Medicaid, obtaining affordable housing, social security and food aid.
The result is given in the state and Federal level in Lakewood, home to a large ultra-conservative Jewish community.
As stated by Federal prosecutors, arrested Monday, accused of fraud with social benefits totaling more than $ 1.3 million. For example, yokheved and Shimon Nussbaum, hiding their income, creating companies run by their relatives on paper, but in fact they were controlled by the defendants. According to prosecutors, in 2013, they earned a total of $ 1.8 million, while receiving assistance under the Medicaid program, food benefits and help with housing.
