April 24, 2013

Marathon Bomb Suspects and Family Collected Welfare Benefits




Food Stamps

EBT Card

[From article]
Marathon bombings mastermind Tamerlan Tsarnaev was living on taxpayer-funded state welfare benefits even as he was delving deep into the world of radical anti-American Islamism, the Herald has learned.
State officials confirmed last night that Tsarnaev, slain in a raging gun battle with police last Friday, was receiving benefits along with his wife, Katherine Russell Tsarnaev, and their 3-year-old daughter. The state’s Executive Office of Health and Human Services said those benefits ended in 2012 when the couple stopped meeting income eligibility limits. Russell Tsarnaev’s attorney has claimed Katherine — who had converted to Islam — was working up to 80 hours a week as a home health aide while Tsarnaev stayed at home.
In addition, both of Tsarnaev’s parents received benefits, and accused brother bombers Dzhokhar and Tamerlan were recipients through their parents when they were younger, according to the state.

http://bostonherald.com/news_opinion/local_coverage/2013/04/tamerlan_tsarnaev_got_mass_welfare_benefits

Tamerlan Tsarnaev got Mass. welfare benefits
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Boston Herald
By: Chris Cassidy

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[Related story]
http://bostonherald.com/news_opinion/columnists/howie_carr/2013/04/carr_a_hit_to_deval_patrick_s_welfare_state

Carr: A hit to Deval Patrick’s welfare state
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Boston Herald
By: Howie Carr

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