洛杉矶县8人被控骗领17.7万美元福利：含地铁雇员与州就业发展部雇员
加利福尼亚州洛杉矶县地方检察官办公室11月12日宣布，8人已在6起独立的重罪案件中被起诉，被控隐瞒资产与收入、骗领洛杉矶县社会服务部（DPSS）逾17.7万美元的 CalWORKs 与 CalFresh 福利。被告中包括一名洛杉矶县大都会交通局（LA Metro）雇员与一名加州就业发展部（EDD）雇员。
检方称，8人合计涉嫌骗领177,233.77美元。圣莫尼卡居民 Ogi Buyan 被控在2019年至2023年间骗领47,059.77美元，其两个投资账户月余额在6万至100万美元以上；圣迪马斯居民 Rana Soliman 被控隐瞒其在河滨县 Menifee 市一处估值约61.11万美元、每月收租3,200至3,600美元的房产，骗领23,255美元。
格伦代尔夫妇 Jafar Abdi 与 Adrineh Abdi 被控骗领29,579美元，检方称 Adrineh 同期在本地一所学院全职工作、收入逾16.5万美元，两人还将名下估值约97.9万美元的房屋以每月4,825美元出租。洛杉矶夫妇 Hasmik Hovhannisyan 与 Hayk Grigoryan 被控隐瞒自家面包房11.5万余美元的公司收入，骗领38,630美元。
其余两人为英格尔伍德居民 Nadya Daniels，被控在 EDD 任职、月薪约4,500至5,980美元期间骗领21,076美元；洛杉矶居民 Nyeisha Nicole Taylor 被控在2022年1月入职 LA Metro、月薪约1,850美元后仍谎称无业，骗领17,634美元。每名被告均被控一项金额逾950美元的虚假陈述骗领重罪及多项伪证罪。
地方检察官 Nathan J. Hochman 表示，公共福利是困难家庭的生命线，不是骗子的免费现金；其办公室今年已就公共福利诈骗与伪证提起340多起案件，涉案损失近480万美元。检方提醒，以上均为指控，被告在法庭证明有罪之前被推定无罪。
（来源：洛杉矶县地方检察官办公室）
Eight Charged in Los Angeles County With Fraudulently Obtaining $177K in CalFresh and CalWORKs Benefits
The Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office in California announced on November 12 that eight people have been charged in six separate felony cases with fraudulently obtaining more than $177,000 in CalWORKs and CalFresh benefits from the Los Angeles County Department of Public Social Services (DPSS) after allegedly concealing assets and income. The defendants include an LA Metro employee and a California Employment Development Department (EDD) employee.
Prosecutors allege the eight obtained a combined $177,233.77. Ogi Buyan of Santa Monica is accused of obtaining $47,059.77 between 2019 and 2023 while holding two investment accounts with combined monthly balances ranging from $60,000 to over $1 million. Rana Soliman of San Dimas is accused of obtaining $23,255 while concealing a home she owned in the Riverside County city of Menifee, valued at about $611,100 and rented out for $3,200 to $3,600 a month.
Glendale spouses Jafar Abdi and Adrineh Abdi are accused of obtaining $29,579; prosecutors say Adrineh Abdi worked full time at a local college and earned more than $165,000 during the period, and that the couple rented out a Glendale house valued at about $979,000 for $4,825 a month. Los Angeles spouses Hasmik Hovhannisyan and Hayk Grigoryan are accused of obtaining $38,630 while concealing more than $115,000 in corporate income from a bakery they owned.
The remaining defendants are Nadya Daniels of Inglewood, accused of obtaining $21,076 while employed by the EDD with gross monthly income of about $4,500 to $5,980, and Nyeisha Nicole Taylor of Los Angeles, accused of obtaining $17,634 after being hired by LA Metro in January 2022 at about $1,850 a month while certifying she was not employed. Each defendant is charged with one felony count of aid by misrepresentation over $950 and multiple counts of perjury by false application for aid.
"Public benefits are a lifeline for struggling families, not free cash for fraudsters," District Attorney Nathan J. Hochman said, noting his office has filed over 340 cases this year alleging nearly $4.8 million in losses from public assistance fraud and perjury. The charges are allegations, and the defendants are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty in a court of law.
(Source: Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office)
来源：洛杉矶县地方检察官办公室
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