A well-off Seattle couple who lived in a $1.2 million waterfront home
and purchased expensive items like jewelry while collecting tens of
thousands of dollars in welfare has pleaded guilty to theft of
government funds.
David Silverstein, 60, a chiropractor, and Lyudmila Shimonova, 53,
his live-in partner, pleaded guilty Thursday to theft of government
funds and defrauding state and federal benefit programs, the Department
of Justice said in a release.
The couple will pay back two and a half times the amount they stole,
including more than $261,000 in restitution fees and an additional
$216,441 civil penalty to the Department of Housing and Urban
Development, the Social Security Administration,and the Washington State
Department of Social and Health Services.
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