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The Latest: Couples arrested in benefits fraud case released

TOMS RIVER, N.J. - The Latest on a public welfare benefits investigation in New Jersey (all times local):

2:40 p.m.

Three couples charged with defrauding the government out of public welfare benefits they weren't entitled to have been ordered released from jail without bail.

The arrests late Tuesday come after four other couples, including a rabbi and his wife, were charged with defrauding Medicaid and other public assistance programs of over $1 million on Monday, bringing the total to about $2 million.

The three men and three women made an initial appearance through video conference in state court in Toms River. They were released on their own recognizance and prosecutors requested that they give up their passports.

Ocean County prosecutors say Yitzchock (YIHTZ'-hahk) and Sora Kanarek, Chaim (HEYE'-ihm) and Liatt Ehrman, and William and Faigy Friedman misrepresented their income and collected more than $674,000 combined in benefits.

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9 a.m.

Authorities in New Jersey say three more couples have been arrested and face charges of defrauding the government out of public welfare benefits they weren't entitled to.

The arrests late Tuesday come after four other couples, including a rabbi and his wife, were charged with defrauding Medicaid and other public assistance programs of over $1 million on Monday, bringing the total to about $2 million.

Ocean County prosecutors say Yitzchock (YIHTZ'-hahk) and Sora Kanarek, Chaim (HEYE'-ihm) and Liatt Ehrman, and William and Faigy Friedman were set to appear in state court Wednesday afternoon.

Prosecutors say the three couples misrepresented their income and then collected more than $674,000 in benefits.

It wasn't immediately clear if they had attorneys to comment on their behalf.

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