Over the course of the last few days, my family and I have been screaming at the TV as the despicable case of alleged welfare fraud conducted by David Silverstein and his spouse, Lyudmila Shiminova. In this time of economic uncertain, high unemployment and nation-wide foreclosures. This well to do couple, decided they needed to go above and beyond their upper-class life-style, by perpetrating a fraud against the welfare system within the State of Washington.
While we all would have liked the fraud to have been detected prior to six figures worth of funds had found their way into the hands, I am heartened that the couple was detected and their efforts thwarted as a result of a normal checks & balances exercise.
The house these ***needy*** individuals resided was valued at >$1 million.
In case you haven’t heard about this case, here are a few of the 20,000 plus links to articles. As you read these, I think you too will come to the conclusion, that if these two individuals conducted the fraud alleged, they should be put away for one year for every dollar they obtained via fraudulent means.
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Daily Mail
CBS News – 18 hours agoChiropractor David Silverstein and his wife Lyudmila Shimonova are accused of filing false claims for more than $135000 in federal housing assistance since … -
David Silverstein and Lyudmila Shimonova, Seattle 1 Percenters …
blogs.seattleweekly.com/…/12/david_silverstein_and_lyudmila.php2 days ago – Living in a big house on the shores of Lake Washington is expensive. But it helps if one has…
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Photo: Federal prosecutors say David Silverstein and Lyudmila …
www.commercialappeal.com/photos/2011/dec/06/256056/1 day ago – Federal prosecutors say David Silverstein and Lyudmila Shimonovalived in this $1.2 million Seattle home while also seeking more than …
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Wealthy couple who live in $1.2m home and drive a Jag have been …
www.dailymail.co.uk/…/Wealthy-couple-live-1-2m-home-drive-Jag-…1 day ago – David Silverstein and Lyudmila Shimonova, from Seattle, are accused of filing false claims which included more than $1200 in public housing …
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Couple in Seattle lake home sued in welfare fraud
www.post-gazette.com/pg/11341/1195051-84-0.stm?cmpid…xml7 hours ago – … a criminal search warrant at the home of David Silverstein and Lyudmila Shimonova, who the lawsuit says “are believed to be man and wife.” …
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Couple on Welfare Scam $135000 Despite Living in Million Dollar …
global.christianpost.com/…/couple-on-welfare-scam-135000-despite-…15 hours ago – The couple, David Silverstein and Lyudmila Shimonova, has been slapped with a lawsuit for cheating the federal government out of funds. …
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Feds: Pair claimed welfare, but lived in $1.2M home, traveled world …
www.sltrib.com/csp/cms/sites/sltrib/pages/printerfriendly.csp?id…1 day ago – 2, 2011, accusing David Silverstein and Lyudmila Shimonova of filing false claims. Prosecutors are demanding they pay back more than …
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Feds: Couple claimed welfare, lived in $1.2M home – The Denver Post
www.denverpost.com › News › Breaking News1 day ago – 2, 2011, accusing David Silverstein and Lyudmila Shimonova of filing false claims. Prosecutors are demanding they pay back more than …
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Successful chiropractic David Silverstein and wife, Lyudmila …
theoriginalgreenwichdiva.com/…david–silverstein…lyudmila–shimon…1 day ago – Successful chiropractic David Silverstein and wife, Lyudmila Shimonova, collect hundreds of thousands of dollars in benefits while living in