Armenian pleads not guilty in Glendale housing fraudJuly 11, 2011 - 13:35 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - A 69-year-old Glendale man pleaded not guilty to charges that he defrauded more than $18,000 from the city when he falsified housing assistance documents, officials said. Norayr Aklyan is charged with five felony counts - including one for allegedly defrauding the Glendale Housing Authority and another four for perjury and obtaining money, labor or property by false pretenses, according to a Los Angeles County Superior Court complaint. The alleged fraud centered on Aklyan not reporting all of his income when applying for federally subsidized Section 8 housing vouchers. After being accepted into the city’s low-income housing assistance program, Aklyan allegedly failed to notify Housing Authority advisors that he had set up another bank account in which he deposited about $12,150, according to Glendale police reports. He received $18,492 in financial assistance from Aug. 1, 2008 to Aug. 1, 2010 while residing on the 1100 block of East California Avenue, according to police. During the two-year span, Aklyan met with housing advisors several times to go over documents for the rental assistance program, according to police reports. In that time, he declared his Social Security benefits - $870 per month - as his sole income, according to police reports. He also allegedly stated that he had one bank account. After a housing investigator determined Aklyan allegedly had opened a second bank account at Citibank on Feb. 13, 2009 without notifying the city, he admitted to incorrectly filing out the housing documents in failing to disclose the account, according to police reports. He claimed to not understand the signed documents, although housing advisors supplied them in Armenian and English. Last month, Aklyan reimbursed the city $9,492, a portion of the total loss. Aklyan, who no longer resides in Glendale, is scheduled to appear July 18 in the Los Angeles County Superior Court in Burbank, Glendale News-Press reported. Top stories Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on April 22 to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". Partner news | Ucom Celebrates Telecommunication Day May 17 commemorates the founding of the International Telecommunication Union on May 17, 1865. Armenian, Azerbaijani heads of parliament meet in Switzerland President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Border residents overnight on highway to protest Armenia’s Residents of Kirants continue to express outrage over the government’s decision to cede land to Azerbaijan. Get Started: An educational platform for young startuppers The Get Started program which operates in two phases is an important platform for young startuppers. |