…“The investigation to date has found that government benefits fraud and income tax evasion in the Lakewood community is widespread,…;These charges are on a scale rarely seen in New Jersey, an already exceptionally corrupt state."
Some background on recent(last yr) habbenings:
Twenty-six members of the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community in Lakewood have been swept up on charges of benefits fraud following a multi-agency investigation.
At present, thirteen couples have been accused of wrongfully collecting a total of $2.4 million in public assistance by under-reporting incomes.
The social services programs involved include Medicaid, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, previously known as food stamps), Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP), Hurricane Sandy relief, Section 8 housing, Social Security and the Catastrophic Illness in Children Relief Fund.
Sauce(s):
https://www.nj.com/ocean/index.ssf/2017/07/meet_the_26_charged_in_lakewood_fraud_probe_who_th.html
https://forward.com/opinion/375857/orthodox-town-lakewood-jewish-obligation-shame-frauds-ethics/
Digging now on possible connection between Meir Cohen & any of the 26 people arressted.
ThanQs Anons!