Tagged: Welfare Fraud

1:28pm

Thu May 17, 2012
Welfare fraud

Wealthy Seattle couple plead guilty in welfare theft

Credit Associated Press

A Seattle couple who lived in a $1.2 million waterfront home while collecting tens of thousands of dollars in welfare has pleaded guilty to theft of government funds.

The U.S. Attorney General's office in Seattle says 60-year-old David Silverstein and 53-year-old Lyudmila Shimonova pleaded guilty Thursday and will pay more than $330,000 in restitution plus $216,441 in a separate civil penalty.

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1:04pm

Wed May 9, 2012
Welfare Fraud

Plea deal likely for monied Seattle welfare couple

Lawyers for a Seattle couple who drew welfare benefits while living in a million-dollar waterfront home say they will plead guilty next Wednesday in federal court.

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