Officials: Ohio Man Received Food Stamps by Hiding $4M

[TexasTowelie]

Police say an Ohio man who claims he's worth $120 million and is the son of a late former Iranian prince hid his wealth in order to collect food stamp payments and Medicaid.

WKYC-TV reports ( http://on.wkyc.com/2cytPTL ) authorities last week raided the sprawling, 8,000-square-foot suburban Cleveland home of Ali Pascal Mahvi.

For two years Mahvi's family collected about $300 a month in food stamps. They also received Medicaid.

But officials say the family has numerous bank accounts with a combined value of more than $4 million that weren't disclosed when he applied for benefits.

Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/officials-ohio-man-received-food-stamps-hiding-4m-41967867

[safeinOhio]

1. Welfare Prince?

Wonder if he drove his Rolls to pick up his food stamps.

[TexasTowelie]

2. You are giving up your age with that post.

Food stamp (SNAP) benefits are electronically credited to a card each month. He may have driven to the office initially to obtain the forms to apply, but I think that can also be done online these days. In most (if not all) states the same application form is used for both SNAP and Medicaid.

[Nitram]

3. One client's mental illness it not an argument agaisnst the SNAP program.

[packman]

4. Glad they caught him

quite unbelievable he was able to skirt around any disclosure investigation (if any). Now they will roll some heads, fire some mid-management types, issue some new guidelines and business will continue as usual. The guy has a set of big balls when at the end of the article on WKYC he says basically, "If it's wrong - fix it" and he's right.

[madinmaryland]

5. Typical tRump supporter. nt