Former Great Kills couple agree to fork over $$$ to resolve welfare-fraud case
Updated Jan 13, 2021;
But Yousef Shihadeh and Rihana Musleh would avoid jail if they pony up the cash.
The defendants carried out the scheme between January 2012 and September 2015, an indictment said.
The couple was living on the 100 block of Sandalwood Drive then, said a criminal complaint.
They resided in New Springville when arrested in March 2019, police said.
The complaint said Musleh submitted documents containing false information to obtain Medicaid and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits.
SNAP benefits were previously known as food stamps.
Musleh failed to report Shihadeh’s income and financial resources to secure the benefits, said the complaint.