洛杉矶县8人被控骗取逾17.7万美元福利金，含地铁员工与州就业发展厅员工
加利福尼亚州洛杉矶县地方检察官 Nathan Hochman 11月12日宣布，该办公室已对8人提出刑事指控，指控他们隐瞒收入与资产，骗取洛杉矶县公共社会服务局（DPSS）发放的 CalWORKs 与 CalFresh 公共福利，涉案金额合计逾17.7万美元。八名被告分属六起独立的重罪案件。
Hochman 在声明中说：「公共福利是挣扎求生的家庭的生命线，不是骗子的免费现金。公共救助欺诈在全部发放的福利中只占一小部分，但哪怕只有一个人钻制度的空子，也太多了一个。」
据地方检察官办公室，八名被告被指多次在福利申请与续期认证中作虚假陈述。Nyeisha Nicole Taylor，41岁，住 Los Angeles，被指于2021年11月至2022年8月间骗取逾1.76万美元 CalWORKs 与 CalFresh 福利；她2022年1月起受雇于洛杉矶县都会交通局（LA Metro），月入约1,850美元，却未如实申报。
Nadya Daniels，41岁，住 Inglewood，被指于2023年4月至2025年4月间骗取逾2.1万美元 CalFresh 福利；她多次声称自己没有收入或只在一家零售店兼职，实际上受雇于加州就业发展厅（EDD），月薪总额从约4,500美元到近6,000美元不等。
Ogi Buyan，50岁，住 Santa Monica，被指于2019年9月至2023年8月间骗取逾4.7万美元 CalWORKs 现金援助、CalFresh 与住房援助福利；同期他名下两个投资账户的月度合计余额在6万美元到逾100万美元之间。
Rana Soliman，35岁，住 San Dimas，被指于2022年10月至2025年8月间骗取逾2.3万美元福利；她声称自己没有资产与收入，实际上在 Menifee 拥有一处估值逾61.1万美元的住房，每月收取3,200至3,600美元租金。
Jafar Abdi，67岁，与 Adrineh Abdi，58岁，住 Glendale，被指于2021年5月至2023年6月间骗取逾2.9万美元 CalFresh 福利；两人声称除 Jafar Abdi 在一家身体护理店的临时工作外没有就业或租金收入，但 Adrineh Abdi 同期收入逾16.5万美元，两人还就其在 Glendale 拥有的一处住房每月收取4,825美元租金。
Hasmik Hovhannisyan，40岁，与 Hayk Grigoryan，45岁，住 Los Angeles，被指于2023年3月至2025年2月间骗取逾3.8万美元福利；两人申报了 Grigoryan 在一家洛杉矶面包房任职的收入，却多次宣誓保证没有其他收入，而那家面包房正是他们所有，收入逾11.5万美元。
地方检察官办公室称，八名被告每人被控一项金额逾950美元的虚假陈述骗取援助重罪，以及多项以虚假申请实施欺诈的伪证罪。八人均已表示不认罪。Hochman 表示，这批案件属于该办公室今年以来提起的340多起同类案件之列，指控的政府损失合计480万美元。
本案指控仅为指控，八名被告在法庭上被证明有罪之前均属无罪。
Eight Charged in Los Angeles County With Fraudulently Obtaining Over $177,000 in Public Benefits
Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman announced on November 12 that his office has filed criminal charges against eight people accused of concealing income and assets to fraudulently obtain more than $177,000 in CalWORKs and CalFresh public benefits administered by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Social Services (DPSS). The eight defendants were charged across six separate felony cases.
"Public benefits are a lifeline for struggling families, not free cash for fraudsters," Hochman said in a statement. "While public assistance fraud is a small fraction of the total benefits distributed, even one person who takes advantage of the system is one too many."
According to the District Attorney's Office, the defendants repeatedly made false statements on benefit applications and recertifications. Nyeisha Nicole Taylor, 41, of Los Angeles, allegedly obtained more than $17,600 in CalWORKs and CalFresh benefits between November 2021 and August 2022, even after being hired by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LA Metro) in January 2022 and earning about $1,850 per month.
Nadya Daniels, 41, of Inglewood, allegedly received just over $21,000 in CalFresh benefits between April 2023 and April 2025 by repeatedly certifying that she had no income or worked part-time at a retail store, while she was in fact employed by the California Employment Development Department (EDD) with gross income ranging from about $4,500 to nearly $6,000 a month.
Ogi Buyan, 50, of Santa Monica, is accused of obtaining just over $47,000 in CalWORKs cash aid, CalFresh and housing assistance benefits between September 2019 and August 2023 while holding two investment accounts with a combined monthly balance ranging from $60,000 to over $1 million.
Rana Soliman, 35, of San Dimas, allegedly received more than $23,000 in benefits between October 2022 and August 2025 by certifying that she had no assets or income, despite owning a home in Menifee valued at more than $611,000 and receiving $3,200 to $3,600 a month in rent for the property.
Jafar Abdi, 67, and Adrineh Abdi, 58, of Glendale, are accused of obtaining more than $29,000 in CalFresh benefits between May 2021 and June 2023. They certified that they earned no income from employment or rental property beyond Jafar Abdi's temporary job at a body care store, while Adrineh Abdi allegedly earned more than $165,000 during that period and the couple collected $4,825 a month in rent for a house they owned in Glendale.
Hasmik Hovhannisyan, 40, and Hayk Grigoryan, 45, of Los Angeles, allegedly received more than $38,000 in benefits between March 2023 and February 2025. The spouses reported income Grigoryan received as an employee of a Los Angeles bakery, but repeatedly certified under penalty of perjury that they had no additional income, despite owning the bakery, which brought in more than $115,000.
Each defendant is charged with one felony count of aid by misrepresentation over $950 and multiple counts of perjury by false application, according to the District Attorney's Office. All eight have pleaded not guilty. Hochman said the cases are among more than 340 filed by his office this year alleging $4.8 million in government losses from fraud and perjury by public benefit recipients.
The charges are allegations, and the defendants are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty in a court of law.
来源：洛杉矶县地方检察官办公室
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