Thursday, January 27, 2011

Welfare cheats busted

From the NY Post:

Five former Brooklyn residents were charged with welfare fraud and grand larceny after falsely claiming they still lived in the borough so that they could collect city Medicaid benefits for years, authorities said yesterday.

The two couples and one woman -- who collected a total of $114,000 in Medicaid benefits -- also hid ownership of homes and other assets on applications for Medicaid, which is earmarked for poor people, the Brooklyn District Attorney's Office said.

They face up to seven years in prison if convicted.

One couple, Fouad Fouad, 47, and his wife Nevertity Ibrahim, 39, previously lived in a Dyker Heights apartment, Hynes' office said. But in late 2005, the couple bought a home in Milltown, NJ, for $273,000 and moved there.

Despite that, after receiving a recertification form from the city Human Resources Administration that had been mailed to their old address, the couple claimed they still lived in Brooklyn, and that their only income was the $300 per week Fouad said he earned as a taxi driver, the DA said.

In reality, the couple also had income from two rental properties they owned in South Amboy, NJ, the DA said.

Prosecutors said the couple would travel to a Staten Island hospital for treatments that included a broken rib by Fouad, and a high fever by their child. Between early 2006 and late 2010, the couple claimed $71,704 in Medicaid benefits to which they were not entitled, an indictment charges.

The other married couple, Tau Sing Chow, 47, and Yue Hao Zhou, 37, allegedly collected $26,449 in Medicaid benefits for themselves and their two kids from 2006 until 2010 by falsely claiming they still lived in Bensonhurst after moving into a $120,000 home in Philadelphia in 2006, authorities said. Chow had also applied for welfare benefits in Philadelphia but was turned down because of his $30,000 in income as a supermarket chef, prosecutors said.

17 comments:

Anonymous said...

and the beat goes on.....

it is disgusting how so many "citizens" are ripping off the system so easily.

many collect unemployment benefits,

while working off the books.

home owners collect cash rental income for illegal conversion basements for years,because the d.o.b. stops calling after two" no responses" .the rental income is never reported on their tax returns.

when the many n.y.p.d. and n.y.f.d and d.o.s. calls are made to these sites,the y never report the illegal dwelling to the authorities. this should be standard operating procedure.

georgetheatheist said...

Are you kidding me? Homeowners collect rental income on LEGAL apartments and that income is never reported on tax returns.

Anonymous said...

"georgetheatheist said...
Are you kidding me? Homeowners collect rental income on LEGAL apartments and that income is never reported on tax returns."

Exactly. They are also the same hypocrites who complain about "illegals" then hire them to clean their shitty houses and do the gardening...and build those illegal subdivisions in the basement.

Anonymous said...

recoup the money and jail time,no money recovered,double their sentence!!!!!!!!!!

Big Hairy Balls said...

END WELFARE! Restitution then prison. Long live Israel! Death to the Palestinians! Long live my INCREDIBLE NYC teacher's pension. Faoud Faoud? Middle initial "F"? Big Hairy Balls is back! Did you miss me basement dwellers?

Captain Renault said...

One couple, Fouad Fouad, 47, and his wife Nevertity Ibrahim, 39
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The other married couple, Tau Sing Chow, 47, and Yue Hao Zhou, 37


Fouad Fouad? Such a good name, his mother gave him it twice!!

No matter what the name,

ROUND UP THE USUAL SUSPECTS!!!!

Anonymous said...

Isn't it kind of nice to see the new immigrants assimilate into the "where's mine?" model of entitlement programs and fraud.

georgetheatheist said...

"Nevertity"?

I'm not even going to go there.

georgetheatheist said...

On second thought, I think I will go there:

"For it was Nevertity, Nevertity. Weird as any name can be.
But with propriety, society won't say Sh____teee.
But it was Nevertity, Nevertity, long before illegals came.
And there's something there, that sounds so bare.
It's a weirdo name."

-George M. Boneinthehand
Boobs on Broadway

your kidding said...

"END WELFARE! Restitution then prison. Long live Israel!"

I don't understand jew - Israel is a welfare state.

Anonymous said...

georgetheatheist,
We're all guilty using your logic. You're correct. I read the same posts about illegals yet why doesn't anyone not question a restaurant if the kitchen staff are illegals? I'd like to see that.

Anonymous said...

This is why the city and state governments are in such dire straits. If all these scammers on welfare were investigated, you would see how much money was being made illegally. There are tons of scammers out there, yet no one checks to see if all these receipients are valid and entitled to benefits. Get rid of the cheats and the government won't have to cut any benefits.

Anonymous said...

To Your Kidding: I am a Christian Zionist (Southern Baptist) Assholes like you support the Arabs, the same Palestinian arabs who cheered when the WTC was destroyed. I served in the USAF during Viet Nam. It's enemies like you who make me ill. Long live Israel! (A US ally) Death to the Arabs! Long live my NYC teacher's pension.

Anonymous said...

how many years did you spend in the U.F.T. RUBBER ROOM??????

Big Hairy Balls said...

I spent no time in the UFT rubber room. I spent my time teaching, earning a great pension and moving out of NYC. Enjoy your meager life there, however. Long live Israel! Death to the Arabs! End welfare! Big Hairy Balls is back. You know you missed me deep down inside.

Big Hairy Balls said...

I spent no time in the UFT rubber room. I spent my time teaching, earning a great pension and moving out of NYC. Enjoy your meager life there, however. Long live Israel! Death to the Arabs! End welfare! Big Hairy Balls is back. You know you missed me deep down inside.

Anonymous said...

will you take a polygraph test????