01/25/2026
https://url.avanan.click/v2/r01/___https://www.justice.gov/usao-cdca/pr/executive-director-south-la-based-charity-arrested-federal-complaint-alleging-23___.YXAzOmJsZWFrbGV5YmF2b2xkZW5tYW5ncmFjZTphOm86NGE2NTI3MzY1ZDg1MTIzZTdkNjkxNzA1MTM2YzU1YTI6NzpmZmJiOmJiNmNiNjQyMzcxOTlhZDA5NWEzMDQzYjRjZTgyNTBhNDI5YjdlMGZlZDVjMjMxOGI3YzEwOTljOGQyYzIyZWM6cDpUOkY
In total, between 2018 and 2025, the accused received more than $23 million in homeless housing funding. Of that, more than $5 million came directly from LAHSA and more than $17 million came through a downtown Los Angeles-based non-profit called Special Service for Groups Inc. The accused pocketing at least $10 million of it, including using it for a $7 million house in Westwood, $125,000 Range Rover, private school tuition for his children, private jet travel, and stays at luxury resorts.
In some contracts, the accused agreed to house participants at sites he managed. In other contracts, he committed to pay third parties, including hotels or motels, to provide this housing. And regardless of where participants were housed, the accused committed to provide participants with three meals a day, which the contracts defined as meals that were healthy, balanced, and met participants’ nutritional needs.
A Westwood man was arrested today on a federal criminal complaint charging him with fraudulently obtaining $23 million in public money intended to combat homelessness and pocketing at least $10 million of it, including using it for a $7 million house in Westwood, $125,000 Range Rover, private school...
