SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — Two San Francisco girls acquired greater than $500,000 in public welfare advantages whereas they operated a faux childcare heart and lived in sponsored housing, prosecutors stated.
Maggie Pasigan, 49, and her girlfriend, 47-year-old Daisy Avalos, are actually dealing with prices together with grand theft, welfare fraud, cash laundering, and conspiracy, in accordance with the district legal professional’s workplace.
Avalos is a metropolis worker, the DA’s workplace stated. The couple appeared in court docket Thursday and pleaded not responsible.
District Legal professional Brooke Jenkins stated, “My office will take action to ensure the integrity of our benefits systems and seek to hold those accountable who would defraud the system for their own personal gain.”
Pasigan and Avalos falsely claimed that they supplied childcare and early childhood training companies for 17 children, prosecutors stated. A two-month-long investigation into Pasigan and Avalos revealed the youngsters didn’t exist, prosecutors stated.
They acquired over $30,000 each month in childcare subsidies from a nonprofit group contracted by the Metropolis of San Francisco, in accordance with the DA’s workplace.
Pasigan and Avalos are home companions, in accordance with the DA’s workplace. The San Francisco Human Companies Company turned suspicious in 2023 after they found that Pasigan by no means disclosed the truth that Avalos was a metropolis worker who earned common revenue, and she or he was Pasigan’s accomplice, in accordance with the DA’s workplace.
“Such income would have disqualified the household for public benefits, which are intended to assist only low-income families,” the DA’s workplace wrote.
“The defendants’ fraudulent actions diverted over $375,000 in taxpayer funds from multiplefederal programs, including HUD-assisted housing programs designed to provide safe andaffordable housing for low-income families,” stated Robert Lawler of the U.S. Division of Housing and City Improvement Workplace of Inspector Basic.
Investigators carried out surveillance for months of the couple’s “childcare center.” Prosecutors stated there was no proof of any kids being current, dropped off, or picked up.
In complete, the couple’s conspiracy and fraud swindled greater than $500,000 in public advantages from San Francisco, in accordance with investigators.
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Jenkins stated, “I would like to thank the US Department of Housing and Urban Development, the San Francisco Human Services Agency, and the San Francisco Housing Authority for their hard work and collaboration in this case with San Francisco Police and the San Francisco Sheriff’s Office to expose this fraud.”
Pasigan and Avalos’ subsequent court docket look is scheduled for April 22.
