370G WELFARE RAP ON COUPLE
By ALEX GINSBERG

June 25, 2008

A Brooklyn woman collected $370,000 in welfare benefits after claiming her husband abandoned her, even as he secretly paid for the children to attend religious schools, prosecutors said yesterday.

"Single" mom Farahnaz Arghavanifard, 40, and "deadbeat" dad Beny Levi, 50, were ordered held on $50,000 and $75,000 bail on charges of welfare fraud and grand larceny.

Prosecutor Frank Dudis said the couple scammed Medicaid, food stamps, and rent assistance.

In addition to allegedly supporting his wife and children with his $80,000-a-year job, Levi also allegedly paid the kids' tuition.

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