Brookline couple charged with health insurance scam

Who cares how many "so called low income people" take advantage of the system on a daily basis with mass health, section 8, food stamps. Nothing happens to them but get the rich guy....good for him maybe he did it in spite because he to is sick of the people taking advantage and if they can do it why can't he. Hope he gets off.

People like that are disgusting. They are loaded and still steal from the state and taxpayers. I hope they have to pay back the $53,000 and get fined $106,000.

I think the courts need to double the $53,000 and also make them do community service.

The state should sue for damages in addition to getting the insurance money back. Thieves like this should go to jail!!!!

So you think letting the "rich guy" off the hook for that is fine by you. Well its hilarious that the economy is bad because we let these rich guys go, lets not go into details. I guess if you are rich you can put a statement like that.
I'm glad they are going after people like that, I hope they serve a good time. Won't you try to swindel the system see how quick you will get locked up huh.
Sometimes people think with greed

The biggest scam is that MA is negligent at verifying whether you are eligible or not. My impression is that they don't verify anything whether it's for section 8, medicaid, etc.... It's the honor system. What a joke. So how many people are scamming MA taxpayers? You can bet that they won't bother trying to check that out. That's why taxpayers should vote YES on Question 1. Force the govt bastards to finally do things right.

If you steal $50k from a store you would surely pay a fine and go to jail. The same should happen when someone steals $50k from the state.

wow this ticks me off. my husband at 62 lost his job, all bemefits, because they are sending his particular job that he and quite a few other poor buggers
do. overseas. he took early retirement. it pays my rent. i am disabled and ssi said we make to much money. what a damn joke. my husband is depressed, and so am i. too top it off now he is sick , he had a stroke. life is great. what a joke. people like you wrote about make my blood boil. LIFE IS NOT FAIR'''''''''''''''. also you could be starving and if you live in new hampshire as we do, they do nothing....

unemployement check. the max in new hampshire is a joke. no one wants to hire a 62 yr old man, even w/qualifications. he had to take early retirement, i am disabled and because of retirement money they say he makes to much.

it pays my rent only. people like this make me sick, we are so broke, and now

So when is the state going to go after all the other frauds that are on MassHealth, medicaid, section 8, etc.... ? The problem is that the state doesn't verify that you're eligible, it's the honor system. You just sign a statement that you qualify. Way to go MA?

It appears this family could afford health insurance. What upsets me more than their assumed deception is the fact that while they were receiving this $53,000--needy families were doing without. The crime here, if there is one is not against the state, it is against all those who did without.

While I don't agree with anyone taking advantage of the system, we should go after the rich people who are ripping off the system, and making it harder and harder for people who really need the help to get it. Yes, there are low income people that do it as well, but they do it out of desperation, when they need help and can't get it because of people like these. The guy in the first comment show himself to be one of those "rich" people who thinks they should get away with whatever they want because they have money. People ilke the Youshaei's are why we are slowly losing the middle class, and becoming a country of rich people and poor people period.

I tend to agree with Mike on this one. We have people around here every day messing with the welfare system and we the taxpayers pay for it cause they are too lazy to get off their butts and get a job, they would much rather get each other pregnant and live off of us the taxpayer. I hope they get away with it, why not? He works hard and for what? so we and he can all pay the fat lazy people to stay home and drink their lives away, oh I mean take care of their kids.

I work at a pharmacy. You would be surprised how many wealthy people cheat masshealth. They come to the drivethru in cadillac's, BMW's and jags to get thier prescriptions for free. They say they can't afford the copay (50 cents), so we have to give it to them for nothing. Meanwhile, they are talking on thier razorphones and smoking cigarettes. Why does the state pay health benefits for people that smoke? Is'nt that an oxymoron? Or just a moron?

Ignorance is bliss. The state should be ashamed of themselves for allowing anyone rich or poor to abuse the system. The Youshaeis's should be accountable for their deceit. When you fill out forms for any state aid you sign under penalty that you are telling the truth, thus let anyone who lies about their finances be penalized. The state should also be checking the validity of statements made by it's applicants, you can find out anyones assets, most are public record. It may cost more for the state to employ people to do the job of investigating all applications but would save them $$$$ from fraud. There will always be good and bad people rich or poor. Accountability is what we need.

This is a disgrace! He owns two $2 million dollar homes in Brookline, 3 Honey Dew Donuts (one he sold for $75,000) Real Estate property all around Boston, a club MANTRA in Downtown Crossing, fruit stands, a Downtown Crossing Jewelers Exchange Building, sends his children to $40,000 dollar a year private schools in Brookline (3 children X $40,000 = $120,000 a year), and a Jerusalim Cafe restraunt in Brookline. Joseph and Gilla Youshaei are disgusting people!!!! If they are lying to the states MassHealth plan, who knows how many other people they have stolen from. Our economy is down. It is hard enough to afford insurance as it is. We don't need people who are MORE than financially well off cheating the system. He is clearly a billionaire who has made it this far in life by lyieng, cheating, and being a cold hearted person. He has three children all under the age of 18 and I feel bad for the shame and embarrassement the children have to go through due to their parents CHEATING WAYS!!!! How shameful!!! I guarantee this isn't the only scam this family has done!!! They go through life scamming people and the state so they can have a rich, fruitful life. If they lived their life with honest and worked hard instead of stealing money from innocent people maybe this wouldn't of happened !! I hope he gets deported and goes to jail for 20 years!!!! He has been cheating Mass Health for 10 years. So double that and this should be his sentance. Also he should pay a $1 million dollar fine for being a lying, cheating, disgusting human being. What comes around goes around. I'm so happy he finally got caught!!!!!!