They may have been needy.. but I find it hard to believe that the government is going to take that much into account. Ultimately, if your debt comes from a lifestyle choice (i.e., frum schools, comfortable-sized house, living in Lakewood rather than Cleveland or Detroit etc…), there isn’t going to be a whole lot of sympathy from the criminal justice system. Welfare fraud is welfare fraud is welfare fraud, as far as they are concerned – and btw, even if the numbers were cumulative, they are still large.
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