Gregory Finkelson received a one-year prison sentence for theft of government property because of his fraudulent receipt of hundreds of thousands of dollars in low-income housing benefits in San Francisco, according to the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California.
The Honorable James Donato, United States District Judge, imposed the sentence last week.
The Section 8 Certificate Program is a HUD-funded rent subsidy program; the San Francisco Housing Authority administers the program in San Francisco, California.
“The program is intended to help low- and moderate-income families afford housing, and it has income limits and other eligibility requirements that applicants must meet to qualify for assistance,” a release explained.
As a part of his plea agreement, the 64-year-old Finkelson admitted that from August 2006 to February 2020, he wrongfully claimed $341,455 worth of Section 8 Program subsidies because he lied and said he did not own his San Francisco residence; he bought the property via a straw purchaser and claimed he was an employee of a company that he owned and operated out of the home. […]
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